What percentage of Cambodia is middle-class now?
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No idea, I think it's impossible to average things out, but here's some numbers I've collected from people I've talked to.
The man we buy soup rice from in the mourning told us a good day is $30, slow day $10-15
The 5 tuk tuk drivers that park on our street say $20-30 a day is "average". When I put them to the test, I asked if I could borrow their tuk tuk for the day so I could play with it (bike and all) and $20 was a good enough offer, so I take that as accurate.
The man who maintains our fleet of delivery vehicles makes at least a grand a month, because we rent one of our places to him for $450 a month and he sents $2-300 to his mother in Vietnam each month.
One seller I frequent at Russian market tells us things are slow now, but $10-15 a day is still virtually rock bottom. She owns her stall.
Those are some numbers from people I'd consider middle class.
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Yep, sounds about right. I think the rice soup seller is underestimating by at least $150, as I have been told the minium any shop normally makes, including those crappy little ones, in PP is $500 pm.AE86 wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 9:45 pm
No idea, I think it's impossible to average things out, but here's some numbers I've collected from people I've talked to.
The man we buy soup rice from in the mourning told us a good day is $30, slow day $10-15
The 5 tuk tuk drivers that park on our street say $20-30 a day is "average". When I put them to the test, I asked if I could borrow their tuk tuk for the day so I could play with it (bike and all) and $20 was a good enough offer, so I take that as accurate.
The man who maintains our fleet of delivery vehicles makes at least a grand a month, because we rent one of our places to him for $450 a month and he sents $2-300 to his mother in Vietnam each month.
One seller I frequent at Russian market tells us things are slow now, but $10-15 a day is still virtually rock bottom. She owns her stall.
Those are some numbers from people I'd consider middle class.
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Re: What percentage of Cambodia is middle-class now?
It all depends how you define middle class, this is from 2014 and sets the bar fairly low, although this is just about daily expenses rather than salaries.:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... ddle-class
The World Bank in Cambodia has defined middle class as those with daily consumption expenditure of between $2.60 and $5.10, in line with the country’s current gross national income (GNI) per capita of $950.
Additional characteristics that define a middle-class person are the ownership of a television and motorbike, according to the bank.
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Wow, that is a low bar. Is that a fair indication, or is the World Bank just that far out of touch?John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 10:18 pm It all depends how you define middle class, this is from 2014 and sets the bar fairly low, although this is just about daily expenses rather than salaries.:
The World Bank in Cambodia has defined middle class as those with daily consumption expenditure of between $2.60 and $5.10, in line with the country’s current gross national income (GNI) per capita of $950.
Additional characteristics that define a middle-class person are the ownership of a television and motorbike, according to the bank.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... ddle-class
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Re: What percentage of Cambodia is middle-class now?
I should have said he's a push cart soup rice guy.juansweetpotato wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 10:04 pm Yep, sounds about right. I think the rice soup seller is underestimating by at least $150, as I have been told the minium any shop normally makes, including those crappy little ones, in PP is $500 pm.
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StroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 10:37 pmHere's a link to a recent study done on Cambodian households.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2017 10:18 pm It all depends how you define middle class, this is from 2014 and sets the bar fairly low, although this is just about daily expenses rather than salaries.:
The World Bank in Cambodia has defined middle class as those with daily consumption expenditure of between $2.60 and $5.10, in line with the country’s current gross national income (GNI) per capita of $950.
Additional characteristics that define a middle-class person are the ownership of a television and motorbike, according to the bank.
Wow, that is a low bar. Is that a fair indication, or is the World Bank just that far out of touch?
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The Pen family lives in the Tboung Khmum Province, Cambodia. Thoeurm is 57 years old and works as a rice farmer. She lives with her daughter and a granddaughter in a 1-bedroom house. They own the house and have been living here for 9 years. The next thing they plan on buying is materials to build a fence. Their dream is to own a bigger house someday.
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They don't look very middle class.
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I don't get where all those quotes came from.
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