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ASIANOW | Asia's Best Cities: VIENTIANE

Writer William Burgess

Vientiane

overall rank: 40

country: Laos

population: 531,800

Snapshot: The City at a glance

City AverageRank
Overall Score345240
Population531,8005,294,94837
Average Income US$1,7768,76332
State Educational Spending Per Cap/$12*200.2235
a Ratio of House Price to Income10.82418
Hospital Beds per 1,0002.14628
Dust/Suspended Particles(ug/m3)75*240.7312
Vehicles per KM City Roads78224.629
Criminal Cases per 10,00036.18118
TV Sets per 1,00058.7241.6927


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Footnotes:

*estimates.
a = Average house price divided by average annual income.
b = Household income.
c = Based on household income.
d = Officially, land cannot be bought or sold.
e = National figure.
f = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pollutants Standards Index.
g = Air Pollutant Index.
h = Per 100 families
i = Per 1,000 families
j = Per 75,000 people.
k = National figure, TV sets per 1,000 people.
m = % of households with TV sets.
n = Measured in Parts per Million (ppm).