Albanians expect a higher income from 2023.

Asked by the Barometer in Euronea Albania what they want most in the coming year, 59% answered more income, 15.3% of them want a better job and 12.6% want to leave Albania next year.

The numbers continue to decline with 4.3% wanting to finish school, 3.7% wanting to start a business, just 1.1% wanting more vacation time, and 0.7% wanting a family.

It is women who want more income with 61.9% and the same is true for 56.3% of men.

On the other hand, men want to leave Albania more than women with 15.8%, (9.4% of women thought the same).

Those who want more income belong to the older age groups, as 83.7% are 65-75 years old, 82.4% are 55-64 years old, 66.4% are 45-54 years old, 54.5% are 35-44 years old, 44.9% are 25-34 years old and 18.3% are 18-24 years old.

The complete opposite is true for those who want to leave Albania, as 38.2% of 10-24 year-olds, followed by 16.9% by the 25-34-year-olds, 8.6% by the 35-44-year-olds, 6.6% by the 45-54-year-olds, 6.5% by 55-64 year-olds, and only 0.6% by the 65-75 years olds.

When we ask them how optimistic they are about the future, only 1.9% are very optimistic, 32.5% are optimistic, 36.2% are the same, 24.5% are not optimistic and 4.3% are not at all optimistic.