The given pie charts represent the proportion of average household expenditures by major category – transport, food, healthcare, housing, other goods and services- in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010.

The presented illustration highlights the disparity between how families from Japan and Indonesia allocate their budget by 5 general criteria in 2010. From an overall perspective, it has readily been transparent that people from both nations spent least on housing and transport. Moreover, while the Japanese allot most of their money on other goods and services, residents in Malaysia’s highest expenditure was seen in housing. Firstly, the respective spending figures on housing were 21% for Japan and 34% for Malaysia, causing a large gap of 13% between the two ratios under this criterion. Additionally, while housing is responsible for the highest figure in Malaysia, this category only ranked third in Japan. Secondly, the same 3% gap was recorded in the proportion of money spent on other goods and services as well as food when compared the data of the two countries. Yet the percentage of money allocated on housing in Japan and Malaysia was 29% and 26%, respectively, meaning Japan’s figure is 3% higher than Malaysia’s. In contrast, regarding food, the proportion recorded in Malaysia is 3% higher than Japan’s as the former held 27% and the latter accounted for 24%. Finally, the percentage of funds allotted to transport in Japan was 20%, which doubled its Malaysian counterparts. Similarly, Malaysians’ average expenditure on health care was 3%, accounting for half of Japaneses’ data.