The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts indicate the proportion of budget spent on

household

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in

Japan

compared to

Malaysia

in 2010 based on five categories, namely housing, transport, food, health care and other goods and services.

Overall

, all countries spent the most on housing, transport, food and other goods and services. By

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, the percentage of spending on health care was the lowest. It can be seen from the chart that around 34% of

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Malaysia

’s budget was spent on housing.

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figure took up over one-third of the total cost

while

it was just over one-fifth in Japa, at 21%. Transport in

Japan

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as in

Malaysia

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illustrated by the graph, food expenditure in

Malaysia

accounted for 27% was slightly higher than that of

Japan

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24%. In terms of different goods and services,

Japan

spent

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around 29% which was 3% more than that of

Malaysia

.

Finally

, the comparison of spending on health care doubled in

Japan

, at 6%

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than

the figure for

Malaysia

at only 3%.