Average Household Expenditures by Major Category in 2010

Introduction

The given pie charts compare the average household expenditure in five major
categories in Japan and Malaysia for the year 2010. As is observed, expenditure
percentage on housing and food in Malaysia was higher than that of Japan while
Japanese population had to spend more percentage of their earning on healthcare and
transport than that of Malaysian people.

Description and Analysis

According to the diagram, Malaysian people spent 34% on an average for

housing which was the largest percentage of their expenditure among the given five
categories. They had to spend 27% on foods and almost same percentage on other
goods and services. Expenditure on healthcare was only 3% which comprised the
lowest percentage of their expenditure. 10% of their expenditure was on transport.

On the other hand, Japanese people spent more percentage of their money on
different goods and services while their second largest expenditure was for food
(24%). They spent 6% on health care which was the least percentage of their
expenditure. On an average 20% of their expenditure went on transportation and
finally 21% for housing.
Conclusion

In summary, transportation and healthcare expenditures by Japanese citizen were

higher than Malay citizens’ expenditure, while food and housing expenditure were
lower in percentages.