The pie charts provide a comparative analysis of money allocation on housing, transportation, food, healthcare, and other goods and services in Japan and Malaysia in 2010.
In Japan, the largest amount of household expenditure was the type “other goods and services”, amounting to 29% in 2010, followed by food and housing, at 24% and 21% respectively. Also, one-fifths of the total money was spent on transport, whereas Japanese spent only 6% on health care.
Regarding the household expenses in Malaysia, housing accounted for the biggest 34% of the total expenditure. Food and other goods and services had similar proportions, with respective figures making up 27% and 26% in 2010. While transport was responsible for 10% of the total, the amount of money went on healthcare was also the lowest in Malaysia as well, at a mere 3%.
Overall, while the biggest household expenditure was housing in Malaysia, followed by food, people in Japan spent more money on other goods and services. It also appears that the smallest expenditure was healthcare in both nations.
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