Job vacancy rate in Europe by country 2023

Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands had the highest job vacancy rates in the European Union in the first quarter of 2023, at 4.7 percent, with the Norway having the highest rate for non-EU countries at 4.3 percent. Spain, Romania, Poland, and Bulgaria had the lowest job vacancy rates in Europe, at 0.9 percent.

Job vacancy rate in selected European countries as of 1st quarter 2023

Characteristic	Job vacancy rate
EU	2.8%
Euro area	3%
Austria	4.7%
Belgium	4.7%
Netherlands	4.7%
Norway	4.3%
Germany	4.1%
Czechia	3.8%
Sweden	3.7%
Finland	3.3%
Slovenia	3%
Denmark	2.9%
Cyprus	2.8%
Hungary	2.6%
Italy	2.6%
Latvia	2.6%
Malta	2.5%
France	2.4%
Switzerland	2.3%
Luxembourg	2.2%
Croatia	2.1%
Estonia	1.9%
Lithuania	1.9%
Ireland	1.4%
Greece	1.4%
Portugal	1.3%
Slovakia	1.1%
Bulgaria	0.9%
Poland	0.9%
Romania	0.9%
Spain	0.9%

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

Q1 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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