The pie chart compares the average fees for households in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five important categories in 2010.

The pie chart compares the average fees for households in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five important categories in 2010.

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the expense of health care was the smallest in both countries. In Japan, other goods and services

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in Malaysia, it was housing. In 2010, other goods and services were spent the most by Japanese households at 29%. Following was the figure for housing at 21%. The proportion for transport and food was at 20% and 24%, respectively. Japanese families spent the least amount of their income

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health care at 6%. During the year

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2010, in Malaysia, housing took the largest proportion of 34% of all the expenditures. Other goods and services were the second section Malaysians spending the most at 26%. The figure for food and transport was

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27% and 10%, respectively. Health was spent the least by Malaysian families, at 3%.