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 given chart illustrates how much money was spent by the average Japanese and Malaysian citizens on 5 distinct categories in percentages in 2001

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, the highest percentage of spending in

Japan

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went to other goods and services, meanwhile, most Malaysians preferred to spend a considerable amount of money on housing.

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, the least preferred category was health care in both countries. As for the given chart, 29% of the average household budget went to other goods and services in

Japan

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, and the same type of spending was 3% lower in Malaysia.

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, a large number of shares of salaries spent on housing in

Japan

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and Malaysia were 21% and 34% respectively.

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, it can be seen from the pie chart that the proportions of expenditure on healthcare and logistic purposes in

Japan

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were two times higher than in Malaysia 6% and 3%, and 20% and 10% respectively. In both countries, people preferred to spend a comparable amount on food, which was 24% and 27%

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in 2010.