The average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia

The pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts compare the average household spending in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five important categories in 2010.

Overall, it is clear that householders in both countries spent the largest proportion of their income on just three categories – housing, food and other goods and services.

The percentage figures for spending on transport and healthcare in Japan were double those for Malaysia.

In Malaysian households, the highest category was housing, which represented 34% of the total expenditure.

Whereas this was higher than in Japan, with just 21% spent on housing, Japanese householders spent the highest proportion on a range of other goods and services, at 29%.

This was slightly more than in Malaysia.

In terms of food, the figures for both countries were similar, at 27% and 24% for Malaysia and Japan respectively.

Expenditure on health care was the lowest category.

In Japan, this accounted for 6% of the total, while 20% of household spending went on transport.

These figures were exactly double (*) those shown for Malaysia.