Band 6+: The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate the rate of household spending on different categories in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010, respectively.

Overall, housing contributed the most to the expenditure rate in Japan while healthcare was among the least significant items. Similarly, the amount of money invested on accomodation and healthcare were the highest and lowest in Malaysia sequentially.

Housing accounted for 30% of the whole expenditure in Japan while this rate was slightly more in Malaysia by 4%. Food however, participated in only 24% among the list in the country of Japan although, this rate was not significantly higher in the other country and was 27%. The expenses regarding transportation made one-fifth of the chart in Japan but then, decreased to 10% in Malaysia. Notably, healthcare in both Malaysia and Japan contributed to the lowest expenditure proportion which were 6% and 5% respectively. Eventually, other minor sectors in Japan made up 20% of the expenditure while in Malaysia this rate was 24 perfentagewise.