The given pie charts compare Japan and Malaysia in terms of the average household spending in 2010.
Overall, it is clear that Japanese and Malaysian householders spent the largest proportion of their income on three categories, namely housing, food, and other goods and services. Moreover, the expenditures on healthcare and transport in Japan were double the figures for Malaysia.
In Malaysian households, the greatest proportion of spending was on housing, which represented 34% of the total expenditure, while in Japan, the figure for this category was just 21%. Japanese householders spent the largest amount of their income on other goods and services, at 29%. Meanwhile, the rate of spending on this category in Malaysia was slightly lower (26%). In terms of food, the percentages of expenses for both nations were relatively similar, at 27% for Malaysia and 24% for Japan.
In both countries, the smallest proportion of spending was on healthcare. Malaysian people spent 3% of their total income on this category, while the proportion of spending on transport was slightly higher, at 10%. These figures were exactly doubled in Japan, which were 6% and 20%, respectively.