Language as barrier to online sales abroad 2015 survey

This statistic displays how much of a problem the lack of language skills was for Spanish companies trying to sell products and/or services online in the rest of the EU in 2014. Almost 20 percent of respondents claimed that lacking language skills posed a major problem for their attempts to make sales online outside of Spain.

Extent to which lack of language skills posed a barrier for Spanish companies trying to sell products or services online in the EU in 2014

Characteristic	Share of respondents
A major problem	19
A minor problem	34
Not a problem at all	44
Don't know	3

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Release date

May 2015

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

January 19 to February 6, 2015

Number of respondents

400*

Special properties

individuals with decision making responsibilities in the company

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

* The base of respondents for this question consisted of those companies that sold their products/services online outside of their country in 2014, but this number for Spain was not given by the source.

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