The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.
The two pie charts illustrate the proportion of money spent on various household necessities in
Malaysia
and Japan
in 2010. The data is calibrated in percentage.
Overall
, the data indicate that in both cases food, housing and other goods and services were the main expenses while
both countries spent the least on health care.
It can be clearly seen from the chart, in Malaysia
the greatest proportion of expenditure (34%) was on housing, while
in Japan
housing accounted for just 21% of the total. Followed by in Japan
the greatest single expense was other goods and services at 29%, compared with 26% in Malaysia
.
Moreover
, food came in second place in Japan
, at 24%, while
in Malaysia
the actual proportion was higher (27%). In Japan
, another major expense was transport, at 20%, but this
was much lower in Malaysia
(10%). Surprisingly, in both countries, the smallest percentage of expenditure was on health care.Submitted by huynhtaican on
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