The pie charts illustrate a significant difference in the allocation of expenditure among Japanese and Malaysian households in the year 2010. Overall, the financial distribution of household budget varied considerably between two nations with Japanese population spending more on other goods and services, while Malaysians were prone to expense on housing. Of particular note is that both countries spent less on health care.
Focusing first on the leading categories first, other unspecified goods and services accounted for the highest proportion in both countries, with Japan (29%), exceeding Malaysia (26%) by a slight margin. Similarly food was the major category of spending in Japan at 24%, negligibly lower than that of in Malaysia with 27%. Lastly, the figure for housing in Malaysia comprised 34%, which was distantly followed by Japan standing at 21%.
Turning to the remaining categories, the distribution of expenses on transport composed twice as much as in Japan(20%) as in Malaysia(10%), highlighting less focus on road system. Health care exhibited the least proporton with small disparity, making up 6 percentage point in Japan in comparison with Malaysia with just 3%.