LAOS AND AUSTRALIA

EDUCATION

• Australia has education that goes for 12 years.
• Laos has education which go for 5 years.
• The 12 years are divided into primary school and high school.
• In Laos the 5 years are in both primary and high school.

INCOME

• The average annual income for Laos is 420,000 kip.
• The average income for Australia is$7 500.
• The Laos currency is Lao Kip.
• The Australian currency is $ dollars $.
• $1= 7,500 LAK

HEALTH CARE

• 35% of children die before the age of 1 in Laos
• 3% of children die before 1 in Australia.
• Life expectancy in Laos: 50 years.
• Life expectancy in Australia: 80+ years.

RELIGION

• The main religion in Laos is Theravada Buddhism.
• The main religion in Australia is Christianity.
• Some Lao people believe in a Dreamtime.
• The Dreamtime is also believed by indigenous Australians

LANGUAGE

• The main language is Laotian.
• Main language in Australia is English.
• Other languages are also spoken in Laos.
• Other languages are also spoken in Australia such as Spanish.
• English is the 2nd most popular language in Laos.

CLOTHING

• The main clothing is called a Sinh.
• The typical Aussie clothing includes a leather hat and brown clothes.
• The sinh is only worn by woman.
• There are different clothing for people who live in cities or farms.
• Poor and rich have a big difference in Laos.

GOVERNMENT

• The only legal party is the Revolutionary Lao Peoples Republic.
• Australia has 3 main parties, they are called the Liberals, Labor and the Greens
• The government is really poor in Laos.
• Labor and the Liberal parties are most popular in Australia.

HOUSING

• Laotian housing in very poor.
• Australian housing is mostly rich.
• Poor and rich houses are different in Laos.
• Houses are made mostly of bricks in Australia.
• Laotian housing is made of straw and wood.

NATURE

• Laos nature is beautiful.
• Australian nature is also beautiful but different.
• Native animals: elephants, monkeys and tigers.
• Native animals: kangaroo, koala, wallaby, possum...

FOOD

• Sticky rice is the main food in Laos.
• Australia has a lot of food, but pavlova has to be the best.

5 LAOS FACTS

• Population: 6.846M
• Mainly swamp land.
• Housing is near the swamps.
• Some places in Laos have explosives from a war.
• Laos is part of South East Asia.

AUSTRALIA 5 FACTS

• Population: 28.0M.
• Inland is desert.
• Mostly all living things live on the edges.
• Discovered by the British.
• The native population are the Aboriginals.

Australia and Laos are different countries in different continents and different cultures. 1st and 3rd world countries with bad and good education they are 2 different worlds...