Job vacancy rate in EU by country Q3 2023

Belgium had the highest job vacancy rate in the European Union in the third quarter of 2023, at 4.7 percent. Romania and Bulgaria had the lowest job vacancy rates in Europe, at 0.8 percent each. The overall rate for the European Union during the same quarter was 2.6 percent, while for the Euro area - which contains 20 of 27 member states - it was 2.9 percent.

Job vacancy rate in selected European countries as of the 3rd quarter of 2023

Characteristic	Job vacancy rate
European Union	2.6%
Euro area	2.9%
Belgium	4.7%
Netherlands	4.4%
Austria	4.2%
Germany	4.1%
Czechia	3.5%
Cyprus	2.9%
Malta	2.9%
Latvia	2.8%
Slovenia	2.7%
Denmark	2.6%
Sweden	2.6%
Hungary	2.4%
France	2.3%
Italy	2.3%
Finland	2.1%
Lithuania	1.9%
Estonia	1.8%
Croatia	1.7%
Luxembourg	1.7%
Greece	1.6%
Portugal	1.4%
Ireland	1.1%
Spain	1%
Slovakia	1%
Poland	0.9%
Bulgaria	0.8%
Romania	0.8%

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

Q3 2023

Supplementary notes

VR = number of job vacancies / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies) * 100. An occupied post means a paid post within the organization to which an employee has been assigned.

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