The pie charts present data on the composition of average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010
Overall, the results show that the Japanese and Malaysian people in same year allocated the largest proportions to same three categories :housing ,transport and food.
In Japan and Malaysia, housing represented a significant expenditure ratio, accounting for 21% and 34% respectively. However, there was a notable difference in the expenditure ratio for transport, with 20% in Japan and 10% in Malaysia. The total difference in this category is 10 percentage points.
Meanwhile , the health care received the lowest amount of money in both nations, at 6% in Japan and 3% in Malaysia. Data indicates that in Japan the largest expense was other goods and services, accounting for 29%, compared with 26% in Malaysia.
Moreover, food was the second-largest category of expenditure in both nations in 2010, with 24% for Japanese households and 275 for Malaysian households. The difference in all categories compared between these two countries ranged from 3% to 13%.