What is the living consumption level in Laos?

The income of the Lao people is not very high, but the cost of living is very high.

When it comes to living expenses in Laos, we must first understand the currency of Laos-Kip. There are: 500 yuan (about 4 cents), 1000 yuan (about 8 cents), 2,000 yuan (about 1.6 yuan), 5,000 yuan (about 4 yuan), 10000 yuan (about 8 yuan), 20,000 yuan (about/kloc)

The monthly salary depends on the occupation. A hard day10.2 million Singapore dollars, teachers' monthly salary10.5 million to 2 million, and employees of state-owned enterprises' monthly salary is 3 million Singapore dollars. Monthly salary of civil servants10.8 million Singapore dollars. If it is a new civil servant, the monthly salary is 1 ten thousand Singapore dollars.

To sum up, the income of the Lao people is not very high, but the cost of living is very high. For example, a bowl of rice noodles costs 15000 to 20000 Singapore dollars, and the ticket price is also very expensive. For example, the price from Vientiane to Luang Prabang is S $100000 per person. The accommodation fee is S $80,000 a night, and the tuition fee for private primary schools is S $0/0.2 million a month. Fuel costs are also more expensive than in China, because Laos does not have its own oil fields, and it must be imported from abroad, such as Thailand, China and Viet Nam.

At present, there are many factors that cause this abnormal consumption in Laos, mainly as follows:

Geography and Population: (Source: official website, Laos) Laos is located in Southeast Asia with a total area of 236,000 square kilometers. This is a country without oceans. Surrounded by mountains on the left and Thailand on the right. It is bordered by Mekong River, connected to China and Yunnan, and connected to Cambodia, so the traffic is very inconvenient. There is only one main road, 13, with two lanes, near Yunnan, China. So the transportation cost is high.

In 20 13, the population of Laos was about 6.776 million, the population growth rate was 1.63%, the birth rate was 25.23‰, the population mortality rate was 7.86‰, the migration rate was-1. 12‰, and the neonatal mortality rate was 53.1. The average life expectancy of women is 65. 17 years, and that of men is 6 1.2 years. Laos is divided into 49 ethnic groups, of which the Lao ethnic group accounts for 50.3% of the total population and other ethnic groups account for 49.7%. The population density of Laos is about 27 people /km2, of which Shawan Naji, a populous province in Laos, has a population of about 870,000, and Vientiane City and Luang Prabang Province, the capital of Laos, only account for 370,000, 220,000, 430,000 and 3 1 10,000 of the relatively developed areas such as Pakse Province. Except for Vientiane, the capital, where the population density is 189 people /km2, the population density of other provinces is less than 50 people /km2, and at present, the domestic population of Laos is dominated by agriculture, accounting for more than 70% of the total population.

Economic structure: agriculture is dominant, while processing, manufacturing and tertiary industry are underdeveloped. Most factories in Laos are foreign-funded, such as China-Laos joint venture, Laos-Vietnam joint venture, Laos-Korea joint venture and Laos-Thailand joint venture. The technology is quite backward, and the population density in Laos is too small to form scale effect. Simply put, the price is too expensive, the salary is too low, and I can't afford it. However, agricultural and sideline products in Laos are cheap, so many China people come to Laos to buy agricultural products, or ship them back to China directly, or process them locally to earn the difference.

Self-owned products are seriously inadequate. At present, Laos mainly relies on imports of daily necessities, mostly from Thailand and China. Imagine how many factories there are in this country when the salt, oil, sauce and vinegar in Laos are all in Thailand! Clothing, household appliances, building materials, vehicles, gasoline ... Many fields depend on imports, and the transportation is inconvenient and the transportation cost is high. How can it not be expensive?

Lao people's character: the whole people believe in Buddhism, carefree and easy to satisfy. On the one hand, the advantage is that the public security is very good, and the country and the people are safe. But the problem comes, people are easily satisfied, and people's laziness also follows. They are too content with the status quo, and the weekend is just drinking and partying. Therefore, their desire to change the status quo is not so strong. Coupled with the backward education, there is no motivation to promote them to change and improve.

Weather factors: The temperature in Laos is around 30 degrees all the year round, and the weather is very hot. Provinces near China and Kawasaki are suitable for growing edible vegetables. In addition, the technical content is very low, so Chinese cabbage is very expensive, and the average price of Vientiane is 654.38+0.5 million old coins per kilogram. The same is true of other fruits, such as oranges, which are pure natural, neither sweet nor bitter nor sour, 1.5 Jin.

Next, let's symbolically talk about the general consumption of food, housing and transportation in Laos.

Transportation cost: Vientiane City has opened a bus, but it is difficult to wait and loves to transfer. Most of the 5000 old coins are models eliminated by South Korea and Japan. If you take a tuk-tuk bus, the starting price is S $20,000, which is about 300 kilometers 100 RMB.

Labor cost: Compared with foreigners, a month in Vientiane, the capital, is about 1000 yuan, a coolie is about 60,000 yuan, a repairman is about 2,000 yuan, a translator who can speak and write is about 2,000 yuan, and a middle-aged and elderly master is about 5,000 yuan. However, the management of Lao employees is very troublesome and generally lacks discipline. They come whenever they want. They have money to drink and no money to pay. Usually before the end of the month, the salary is used up or even overspent. Therefore, China people often complain that it is difficult to hire satisfied Lao employees. Of course, there are some good ones, but they are not easy to find.