Quarter of Croatians aged 20-34 ready to seek jobs abroad

Some 26 percent of unemployed people aged 20-34 in Croatia and Estonia, and 25 percent of the same group in Slovenia said they were ready to move to another EU country for a job, the EU statistical office said.

The lowest share of youth willing to relocate for work, 5 percent, was recorded in the United Kingdom and in Ireland, followed by the Netherlands at 6 percent and Italy at 7 percent. On average in the EU as a whole, the share was 12 percent of youths.

The share of unemployed youths ready to move for work outside the EU was highest in Sweden (34 percent), followed by Spain and Finland (28 percent) and France (27 percent). In Croatia, the rate was 11 percent, below the EU average of 17 percent.

Eurostat's poll also recorded the share of youths saying they would not move abroad to get a job, either to another EU country or outside the EU. The highest share of these was in Malta (73 percent), followed the Netherlands (69 percent) and Cyprus (68 percent). In Croatia, 44 percent of youths said they were unwilling to move outside the country for work.