The given pie charts illustrate the proportions of money spent on households in Japan and Malaysia throughout the year of 2010.
On the whole, it can be clearly seen that the biggest percentage of household needs in Japan was on other goods and services, while people in Malaysia spent their money on housing. Moreover, both countries experienced the smallest proportion of household expenditures on health care.
Looking at the details, in Japan, almost all categories were above a fifth except health care (6%). In the first place, Japanese people spent just under thirty percent of their income on other goods and services. Furthermore, the amount of expenditures for food, housing, and transport were slightly less than a quarter (24%, 21%, and 20%, respectively).
On the other hand, there were three types of priorities in Malaysia, such as housing, food, and other goods and services which were more than two fourths (34%, 27%, and 26%, proportionally). In addition, transport and health care witnessed a small minority of money spending around 3% to 10%.
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