avarege houshold expediture

The pie charts compare Japan and Malaysia in terms of household expenditures on average. Overall, the significant differences could be seen in housing, transport and healthcare categories in both countries. More money in Japan is spent on other goods and services, while that in Malaysia is housing, but households in both nations spend the least money on healthcare. In details, 29% of the total expenditure in Japan is allocated to other goods and services, which is just above a quarter in Malaysia. Here in the latter country, a massive 34% of the household expenditure goes to housing, but this is just one-fifth among Japanese households. The proportion for the food expense category for both countries is around a quarter, but it is 3% higher for Malaysia. However, regarding the two remaining categories, transport and healthcare, in these regions, they in Japan are twice the proportion in Malaysia, with 20% and 10% and 6% and 3% respectively.