The charts — select —comparepredict the average household spending in Japan and Malaysia in terms of five important categories in 2010.

Overall, it is clear that householders in — select —bothneither countries spent the largest proportion of their income on just three categories – housing, food and other goods and services. The percentage figures for spending on transport and healthcare in Japan were — select —doubletriple those for Malaysia.

In Malaysian households, the highest category was — select —housingfood, which represented 34% of the total expenditure. Whereas this was higher than in Japan, with just 21% spent on housing, Japanese householders spent the highest proportion on a range of — select —other goods and serviceshealthcare, at 29%.

In terms of food, the figures for both countries were similar, at 27% and 24% for Malaysia and Japan — select —respectivelyconsequently.

Expenditure on — select —healthcarehousing was the lowest category. In Japan, this accounted for 6% of the total, while 20% of household spending went on transport. These figures were exactly — select —doublehalf those shown for Malaysia.