According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 53 percent of young people in Europe are willing or very interested in working in another European country. The survey emphasizes the huge gap between their desire to work abroad and the actual mobility of workforce, highlighting that less than 3 percent of the European population lives and works abroad. The survey’s commentary suggests the lack of financial means as the inhibiting factor.“The survey shows that young people are keen and willing to work abroad. That’s good news for Europe; unfortunately they still face too many obstacles. We need to make it easier for them to study, train or work abroad and to raise awareness of the financial support available through EU schemes like Erasmus, which can give them a first taste of living outside their home country”, said Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
Only one out of seven young adults in Europe has studied abroad. On the other hand, 33 percent of them claim they cannot afford to go abroad, and 63 percent of those having studied abroad used their own financial resources to do so.
Eurobarometer surveyed people from 15 to 35 years of age from 27 countries in the European Union, plus Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey. The largest number of whom managing to become expats is from Iceland (84 percent), Sweden (76 percent), Bulgaria (74 percent), Romania (73 percent) and Finland (71 percent).
It seems that the level of education is one of the determining factors, as out of the respondents who successfully moved abroad 55 percent had a higher education qualification, compared to only 33 percent who had only a lower secondary level qualification.
The main reason for wanting to work abroad was for better job opportunities, followed by improved academic knowledge, improved foreign language skills and awareness of another culture
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