The pie chart below shows the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.

The given pie charts reveal statistics about the percentage of household expenses on five different

goods

and

services

between two nations, namely Japan and Malaysia in 2010.

Overall

, both countries allocated the largest proportion of their expenditure towards housing and other

goods

and

services

,

while

healthcare

services

represented the least common spending. Housing expenditure in Malaysia accounted for the largest percentage, at 34%, more than the figures for the food category and other

goods

and

services

, with respective figures being 27% and 26% in 2010. During the same year, transport and healthcare constituted far less of the total household expenses, at 10% and 3%, respectively. For Japanese families, approximately one-third of their

overall

budget was spent on other

services

and

goods

, followed by 24% allocated to food. Housing and transport spending

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roughly the same, with 21% and 20% in that order, compared to only 6% in the figure for health care expenses.