The given pie charts show the proportion of money spent on various household expenses in Japan and Malaysia.
Overall, in Japan, families spent the greatest expense on other goods and services while in Malaysia, housing came first place. In both countries, the least expenditure was seen on health care.
What stands out from the charts is that families in Japan allocated the greatest expense to other goods and services at 29% while that in Malaysia was slightly lower with 26%. However, in Malaysia the most money was spent on housing (34%), compared with 21% in Japan.
The charts also show that in both countries, families spent the least money on health care (6% in Japan and 3% in Malaysia). In Japan, another major expense was food at 24% but this was higher in Malaysia, at 27%. On the other hand, spending on transport in the former was twice as high as the latter (20% and 10% respectively)