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 pie charts compare the median amount of money spent by households in

Japan

and

Malaysia

in 2010 and it is measured in percentage.

Overall

, what stands out from the charts is that the Japanese spent most of their budget on other goods and services,

while

people

in

Malaysia

spent on housing.

Furthermore

, health care accounted for the lowest percentage in both countries. With regard to housing and other goods and services, spending on housing in

Japan

made up 30%,

while

this

figure in

Malaysia

comprised just above one-fourth. Households in

Japan

allocated around one-fifth of their money to goods and services;

however

,

this

category constituted just above one-third of the total in

Malaysia

. Focusing on health care, transport, and food,

people

in

Japan

and

Malaysia

paid out on health care 6% and 3%, respectively. Transportation was responsible for one-fifth of the total expenditures of the Japanese,

while

Malaysian

people

spent half of

this

figure on transportation.

People

in both countries allocated a similar proportion of their budget to food; their respective figures for

Japan

and

Malaysia

were 24% and 27%.