Gallup poll answers .. How many percentage of Egyptian expats want to return?

A Gallup poll concluded that between 4% and 10% of Egyptian expatriates are willing to return to their homeland, and it was noticeable that the lowest percentage is in the ranks of the age group 55 and over.

According to the institution specialized in opinion polls, the poll of the Egyptian community abroad reveals that few young people and those with higher education have a desire to return to stability, as 9% of Egyptians between the ages of 15 and 29 stated that they wanted to return. While 69% of them said they want to stay in their countries of emigration, 22% said they want to migrate to another country.

Within the category of Egyptian expatriates between the ages of thirty and 54, 10% said they would like to return, while 80% preferred to stay where they were, and 11% expressed a desire to change the country of emigration.

The oldest
One of the striking results is that the expatriates who reach the age of 55 and above are the least willing to return (4%) and the most resilient to the country of emigration where they settle, by 90%, and the percentage of those wishing to change the country of the diaspora did not exceed 6%.

The Gallup Foundation says that the results of the survey of expatriates, which included three thousand citizens, "sheds light on important information related to a country with a long and complicated history with immigration, which complicated the current time in light of the turmoil in the region."

It is interesting that the results of the survey according to the educational level reveal a paradox, which is that Egyptian migrants with higher education are more willing to return (10%), while only 9% of those with secondary education have that desire, and those with less education, i.e. primary or The lowest, they were the least desirable (6%).

Gulf region
Gallup says that Egypt is one of the world's most labor-exporting countries to the MENA region, so it was not surprising that the vast majority of respondents in the survey lived in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and the rest are scattered in the rest of the Middle East region, and the lowest percentage Scattered across the globe.

According to the results of the poll - which centered around a question related to the desire to return - 10% of Egyptians residing in the Gulf countries answered yes, while 78% of them prefer to stay in the diaspora, and 12% said they want change.

The result was a little different for Egyptians residing in the countries of the Middle East (except for the Gulf states), as 13% of them said they wanted to return, while 58% preferred to stay where they are, and 29% were considering changing the country of emigration.

Outside the Middle East, only 3% of expatriates stated that they want to return, while 79% want to stay in their place of residence, and 18% want to change their place of residence, but not return to Egypt.

Important notice
The Gallup Foundation notes that the results of the survey reflect the desires of the participating sample and do not necessarily reflect what it will do, or what it can do, because permanent residence in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries is not allowed for residents in those countries, and therefore even if the Egyptians want to stay in the countries Gulf, that does not mean that they can.

The results of the survey related to expatriates in the Gulf Cooperation Council states that the most desirable group to return are the unemployed or those who have lost their jobs, and that expatriates in the Gulf region are more desirable than the male to return, by 14% for the first category and 9% for the second.

The percentage of women wishing to return was higher among expats in Saudi Arabia by 23%, while the percentage did not exceed 10% among expats.