Study: Almost One in 10 British Citizens Is Living Overseas
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 12.14.06 | 2:12 PM ET
Britons love the expat life. A whopping 5.5 million of them are living abroad, according to a new study, and many of them are young workers without families. The BBC has a compelling package of stories about the phenomenon. Among the highlights from the main story:
* “The number of British citizens who chose to go permanently abroad doubled from 53,000 in 2001 to 107,000 last year—some 2,000 people a week.”
* “The majority of expats live in Australia, Spain, the US and other English speaking nations. But in all some 41 nations each have at least 10,000 permanent British residents.”
* “Young people were the most likely to want to leave, with a quarter saying they were hoping to live abroad.”
Also of interest in the package: interviews with British expats in Florida; a study of the most adventurous surnames (the Riddles just love to travel); and a look at expat life in Thailand.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
