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

The pie charts illustrate the average household spending in two different countries, namely

Japan

and

Malaysia

, in the period from January to December 2010.

Overall

, it is clear from the charts that healthcare expenditure made up the lowest percentage.

However

, people in the two nations spent most of their money on housing, food, and other goods and services. In

Malaysia

, housing expenditures occupied the highest proportion of total expenditures, at 34%,

while

in

Japan

, that figure was 21%.

Japan

had the highest percentage of expenditure on other goods and services at 29%, higher than that

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Malaysia

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under a quarter. The rate of money spent on food in

Malaysia

ranked second among all categories, with 27%,

while

that figure in

Japan

stood at 24%. It is interesting to note that the proportion of transport in

Japan

was twice as high as in

Malaysia

. Healthcare expenditure accounted for 3% and 6% in both nations, which was the lowest number on the charts.