The given pie charts compare the average proportion of household expenditure in Japan and Malaysia comprised: housing, transport, food, health care, other goods and services in 2010.
Overall, it can be seen that housing accounted for the largest share in Malaysia, while in Japan, other goods and services allocated the highest proportion. Conversely, the lowest share in Japan and Malaysia represented by health care.
In Japan, the second largest share was food with exactly 24%, followed by housing and transport at 21% and 20% respectively. Notably, other goods and services were approximately five times that of health care, which stood at 6%.
On the other hand, housing was the highest proportion share in Malaysia at 34%. Meanwhile, other categories were lower, with food and other goods and services at 27% and 26% respectively. The figures for transport and health care were considerably lower, with 10% and 3%, in that order.