The survey carried out during the month of June called on more than 3000 expats from everywhere around the world. Of the American expats who participated, 51% had already been vaccinated and 32% intended to get vaccinated in the future.
Above 200 American expats took part in the حوإ¼½م½م survey over the month of June. They were mostly living in Thailand (9.1%), Vietnam (8.7%) and countries in Latin America or in Europe. Of the American living abroad who participated in our survey, 51% declared having already been vaccinated against the COVID-19, and 73% of these got vaccinated in their host country while 26.3% travelled to the United States to get vaccinated. As a comparison, according to data from the US authorities, 47% of American expats have been fully vaccinated.
Most American expats who participated in the survey received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (42.3%), the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine (24.3%) and the Moderna shot (16.2%) and the others received either Janssen, Sinovac or other less known vaccines.
Just like the vaccine rollout that has been pretty consistent within the US, 89.9% of Americans living abroad also stated that they had faced no significant challenges while seeking the vaccine. Among the 10% who did face challenges, most explained that they had had trouble getting appointments in their host country or that they had to wait a long time before they could get vaccinated. Some also mentioned they were not allowed vaccines in their host countries as an expat or that the vaccine offered in their host countries were not recognized in the US.
Of the expats who had not yet been vaccinated, 62.2% stated that they intended to get the vaccine in the future while 37.7% said that they would not want to get vaccinated. The most common explanation for not wanting to get vaccinated is the lack of trust in the COVID-19 vaccine because of the quick development of the shot. One expat explained “I do not trust the existing vaccines as they have been developed extremely quickly. I also feel like this push for vaccination is driven by fear, not real logicâ€.
Finally, only 47% of expats surveyed have explained having benefited from help from their governments to get vaccinated abroad and 69% of these have deemed the vaccination services provided to be satisfactory.
Global Data
In all, more than 3000 expats living all over the planet took part in the above survey. In all, 49% of expatriate respondents indicated having been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Most of the vaccinated expats received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot (41%) followed by the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot (27%). 84% of vaccinated respondents said they had been vaccinated in their host country. 88% of the respondents indicated that they faced no challenges getting vaccinated and those who did face challenges explained that the vaccines proposed to them were either not recognized by the WHO or by their home country, or that they had trouble getting an appointment to get the shot.
