The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.

The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.
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The pie charts illustrate the proportion of money spent on households in two distinct countries, Japan and
Malaysia
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, in 2010.
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, it can be seen from the charts that in Japan, the expenses on other goods and
services
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were the highest, but in
Malaysia
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, housing was the thing that people spent the most on. In both countries, the average expenditure on health care
services
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was the lowest. In 2010, the Japanese spent 29% of the total expenditure on other goods and
services
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, which was 3% greater than that of Malaysians.
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, in
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, the money spent on housing was the majority with 34%, followed by food, which comprised 27% of the total expenditure. In Japan, people only spent about a quarter of total expenses on
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category.
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, money spent on health care
services
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was the least in both countries, which accounted for an insignificant proportion.
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, the Japanese spent about 20% of the total on transportation,
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in
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,
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was only half.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words malaysia, services with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 4 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • household expenditures
  • proportion
  • cultural differences
  • economic differences
  • living standards
  • real estate market
  • public transportation
  • private transportation
  • infrastructure
  • government healthcare policies
  • quality of life
  • holistic view
  • inflation
  • economic growth
  • societal norms
  • globalization
  • communication expenses
  • education expenses
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