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 two pie charts show the proportion of money spent on various household necessities in Malaysia and Japan in 2010. The date is calibrated in percentage.
Overall, the data indicates that in both cases food, housing and other goods and services were the main expenses while, both countries spent least on health care.
It can be clearly seen from the chart, in Malaysia the greatest proportion of expenditure (34%) was on housing, while in Japan housing accounted for just 21% of the total. Followed by in Japan the greatest single expense was other goods and services at 29%, compared with 26% in Malaysia.
Moreover, food came at second place in Japan, at 24%, while in Malaysia the actual proportion was higher (27%). In Japan another major expense was transport, at 20%, but this was much lower in Malaysia (10%). Surprisingly, in both countries the smallest percentage of expenditure was on health care.
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