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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 pie charts below show the average household expenditures in Japan and Malaysia in the year 2010. Dyd6

The given pie chart illustrates the proportion of money people spend on different goods and services of households in two different countries in 2010. Overall, it is observable that householders in both countries spent the largest proportion of their income on three categories – Housing, Food, and Other goods and services. Meanwhile Healthcare was the service receiving the lowest share of expenditure. The proportion of spending on Housing was highest in Malaysia, at 34% while Japanese families allocated just 21% of their budget for this category. In terms of food, the figures for Malaysia and Japan were similar, at 24% and 27% respectively. Japanese people paid the highest proportion on a range of other goods and services, at 29%, which was slightly more than in Malaysia with only 26%. Regarding the remaining categories, Transport accounted for exactly a fifth of total expenditure in Japan, twice as much as the figure for Malaysia. In Japan, Healthcare accounted for 6% of the total which was exactly double the statistics shown for Malaysia.

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Regarding the remaining categories, Transport accounted for exactly a fifth of total expenditure in Japan, twice as much as the figure for Malaysia. In Japan, Healthcare accounted for 6% of the total which was exactly double the statistics shown for Malaysia. 