In the fourth quarter of 2022, the job vacancy rate was 3.1% in the euro area, stable from the previous quarter and up from 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The job vacancy rate in the EU was 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from 2.9% in the previous quarter and up from 2.6% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
In the euro area, the job vacancy rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 was 2.9% in industry and construction and 3.4% in services. In the EU, the rate was 2.6% in industry and construction and 3.1% in services.
Member States
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available (see country notes), the highest job vacancy rates in the fourth quarter of 2022 were recorded in Austria (4.6%), Belgium and the Netherlands (4.5% in both of them). By contrast, the lowest rates were observed in Romania and Bulgaria (0.8% in both of them), Poland,
Greece and Spain (0.9% in all of them).
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the job vacancy rate increased in twelve Member States, remained stable in Estonia, France, Hungary as well as Slovenia and decreased in eleven Member States. The largest increases were observed in Austria (+0.6 pp), Germany and Portugal (both +0.5 pp). The largest decreases were recorded in Czechia (-0.7 pp), Cyprus, Latvia and Finland (-0.5 pp in all of them).
Source: Eurostat
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