The given pie charts compare the disbursements of people in Japan and Malaysia in 2010.

The given pie charts compare the disbursements of people in Japan and Malaysia in 2010. Overall, Japanese and Malaysian people shared the same patterns in expenditures on Housing, Food, Transport, Other goods, and services. However, while people in Japan tended to be quite generous on health care costs, those in Malaysia were a bit more frugal on this expense. In 2010, just over one-fifth of an average Japanese household budget went to housing, whereas the equivalent figure for a Malaysian home was noticeably higher, up to 34% to be precise. In addition, merely 10% of Malaysian household spending was used to cover transport costs, while this number in Japan was double. With statistics standing at a noticeable 27%, food was the second-highest expenditure in Malaysia, which was 3% higher than that of Japan. Health care constituted the lowest spending in Japan and Malaysia. In fact, Malaysians paid only half as much, in relative terms, on this category (3%) as their Japanese counterparts (6%). In both countries, other goods and services took up roughly one-third of their expenses, 29% in Japan and 26% in Malaysia, respectively.