The pie charts illustrate the proportion of money spent on households in two distinct countries, Japan and 
Malaysia
, in 2010. 
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Overall
, it can be seen from the charts that in Japan, the expenses on other goods and Linking Words
services
 were the highest, but in Use synonyms
Malaysia
, housing was the thing that people spent the most on. In both countries, the average expenditure on health care Use synonyms
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 was the lowest. 
In 2010, the Japanese spent 29% of the total expenditure on other goods and Use synonyms
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, which was 3% greater than that of Malaysians. Use synonyms
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Malaysia
, 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 Use synonyms
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On the other hand
, money spent on health care Linking Words
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, the Japanese spent about 20% of the total on transportation, Linking Words
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Malaysia
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 was only  half.Linking Words