European Union Job Vacancies
Job vacancy rates for the Euro area, the EU, and all 27 member states on a quarterly, seasonally adjusted basis.
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | Q4-2023 | Q3-2023 | Q2-2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job vacancy rate — whole economy29 | ||||||||||||||
| Euro area | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | 3.1 | |
| European Union | 1.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |
| Germany | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | |
| France | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| Italy | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | |
| Spain | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| Netherlands | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Belgium | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Ireland | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| Austria | 2.8 | 3 | 3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | |
| Finland | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| Portugal | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | |||
| Greece | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| Slovakia | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| Bulgaria | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| Luxembourg | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| Croatia | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| Lithuania | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Slovenia | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |
| Latvia | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | |||
| Estonia | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | |||
| Cyprus | 3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |||
| Malta | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| Poland | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| Sweden | 1.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Romania | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Czechia | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | |||
| Denmark | 2.1 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| Job vacancy rate — industry and construction29 | ||||||||||||||
| Euro area | 2 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |
| European Union | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |
| Germany | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | |
| France | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Italy | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Spain | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Netherlands | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | |
| Belgium | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Ireland | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Austria | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | |
| Finland | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| Portugal | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
| Greece | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| Slovakia | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Bulgaria | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| Luxembourg | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| Croatia | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Lithuania | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | |||
| Slovenia | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Latvia | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | |||
| Estonia | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Cyprus | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | |||
| Malta | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | ||
| Poland | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| Sweden | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| Romania | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Czechia | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | |||
| Denmark | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| Hungary | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| Job vacancy rate — services29 | ||||||||||||||
| Euro area | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |
| European Union | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| Germany | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | |
| France | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | |
| Italy | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| Spain | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Netherlands | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | |||
| Belgium | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| Austria | 3.6 | 4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | |
| Finland | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Portugal | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |||
| Greece | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Slovakia | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| Bulgaria | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| Luxembourg | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Croatia | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| Lithuania | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | |||
| Slovenia | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | |
| Latvia | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | |||
| Estonia | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | |||
| Cyprus | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | |||
| Malta | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| Poland | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| Sweden | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Romania | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
| Czechia | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | |||
| Denmark | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| Hungary | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| Job vacancies26 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1,069,504 | 1,121,103 | 1,146,141 | 1,093,579 | 1,094,788 | 1,156,459 | 1,290,529 | 1,330,878 | 1,383,559 | 1,545,623 | 1,577,386 | 1,768,270 | 1,805,481 | |
| France | 428,577 | 448,477 | 463,963 | 469,827 | 481,735 | 495,560 | 482,421 | 530,009 | 534,458 | 552,355 | 575,115 | 595,880 | 643,811 | |
| Spain | 157,363 | 160,122 | 154,307 | 146,512 | 150,068 | 153,121 | 151,155 | 148,749 | 147,371 | 144,516 | 156,026 | 144,396 | ||
| Netherlands | 371,600 | 374,200 | 377,000 | 383,400 | 385,500 | 391,600 | 398,400 | 394,500 | 398,600 | 406,600 | 407,100 | 411,900 | 418,900 | |
| Belgium | 139,817 | 148,135 | 158,231 | 163,425 | 169,525 | 174,501 | 174,855 | 183,725 | 184,563 | 187,606 | 196,652 | 194,492 | ||
| Ireland | 26,800 | 29,800 | 31,200 | 31,300 | 30,400 | 28,500 | 28,000 | 27,400 | 28,500 | 27,800 | 26,400 | 29,000 | ||
| Austria | 122,022 | 127,169 | 127,684 | 137,154 | 146,406 | 148,843 | 164,829 | 165,774 | 173,453 | 191,639 | 189,129 | 199,823 | 213,387 | |
| Finland | 28,964 | 30,097 | 32,618 | 32,995 | 37,150 | 39,615 | 41,548 | 45,733 | 43,675 | 49,286 | 50,405 | 53,145 | ||
| Portugal | 58,791 | 54,891 | 52,984 | 57,794 | 52,253 | 51,352 | 51,149 | 48,975 | 52,537 | 52,141 | 55,277 | |||
| Greece | 42,240 | 39,918 | 43,778 | 35,286 | 48,320 | 36,007 | 46,997 | 53,814 | 63,301 | 49,121 | 36,967 | 34,844 | ||
| Slovakia | 17,662 | 18,634 | 19,335 | 19,303 | 20,331 | 21,499 | 22,934 | 23,527 | 24,166 | 21,207 | 20,253 | 20,007 | ||
| Bulgaria | 19,163 | 18,835 | 19,976 | 19,750 | 20,102 | 17,399 | 17,787 | 17,990 | 16,528 | 16,843 | 18,905 | 17,013 | ||
| Luxembourg | 6,583 | 6,791 | 6,542 | 6,817 | 6,677 | 6,548 | 6,810 | 7,121 | 7,408 | 7,775 | 8,642 | 9,276 | ||
| Croatia | 17,935 | 19,902 | 20,500 | 19,741 | 18,858 | 21,254 | 20,882 | 22,143 | 21,952 | 20,457 | 21,304 | 21,313 | ||
| Lithuania | 31,894 | 31,214 | 30,907 | 30,917 | 27,613 | 27,885 | 28,227 | 27,674 | 28,024 | 27,732 | 26,972 | |||
| Slovenia | 19,960 | 20,298 | 18,105 | 17,734 | 16,983 | 18,551 | 18,240 | 19,397 | 19,679 | 20,271 | 20,835 | 22,395 | 23,216 | |
| Latvia | 19,556 | 18,957 | 19,493 | 20,728 | 21,841 | 22,340 | 23,034 | 23,904 | 23,910 | 24,498 | 24,157 | |||
| Estonia | 8,987 | 8,904 | 10,133 | 9,338 | 9,584 | 9,457 | 9,656 | 9,833 | 9,785 | 11,442 | 10,887 | |||
| Cyprus | 14,857 | 14,190 | 15,493 | 13,148 | 14,315 | 15,627 | 13,221 | 12,851 | 13,355 | 11,893 | 12,471 | |||
| Malta | 10,022 | 10,203 | 9,686 | 9,158 | 8,272 | 7,892 | 8,579 | 8,092 | 8,694 | 7,630 | 8,013 | 7,117 | ||
| Poland | 94,961 | 92,748 | 91,869 | 94,957 | 98,002 | 100,436 | 107,791 | 107,239 | 108,775 | 106,802 | 107,080 | 110,158 | ||
| Sweden | 101,800 | 105,500 | 104,100 | 102,000 | 105,200 | 117,000 | 117,300 | 118,200 | 133,400 | 122,900 | 135,100 | 149,700 | ||
| Romania | 26,392 | 28,465 | 28,814 | 30,115 | 30,444 | 32,879 | 34,601 | 37,675 | 33,558 | 34,090 | 34,856 | 38,596 | 39,014 | |
| Czechia | 85,820 | 88,678 | 87,931 | 83,227 | 143,548 | 148,258 | 149,324 | 149,590 | 151,363 | 158,174 | 165,496 | |||
| Denmark | 69,467 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 65,616 | 65,549 | 65,340 | 66,689 | 68,754 | 66,756 | 69,086 | 68,819 | 69,987 | 76,202 | 76,519 | 77,091 | ||
| Occupied posts25 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 41,807,609 | 41,726,779 | 41,456,716 | 41,736,247 | 41,526,409 | 41,309,537 | 41,088,322 | 41,677,730 | 42,040,657 | 42,270,271 | 41,618,496 | 41,022,852 | 41,028,417 | |
| France | 19,341,043 | 19,358,518 | 19,370,490 | 19,392,288 | 19,398,598 | 19,405,363 | 19,419,494 | 19,416,741 | 19,390,102 | 19,401,703 | 19,359,659 | 19,324,583 | 19,289,130 | |
| Spain | 17,428,379 | 17,171,044 | 17,100,281 | 16,995,656 | 16,892,687 | 16,809,490 | 16,696,442 | 16,602,611 | 16,256,104 | 16,376,374 | 16,279,207 | 16,134,144 | ||
| Netherlands | 9,059,000 | 9,016,000 | 8,995,000 | 8,943,000 | 8,915,000 | 8,873,000 | 8,875,000 | 8,886,000 | 8,850,000 | 8,836,000 | 8,819,000 | |||
| Belgium | 3,970,611 | 4,023,761 | 3,997,059 | 4,016,857 | 3,995,718 | 4,006,925 | 4,010,055 | 4,045,885 | 4,023,443 | 4,018,209 | 4,014,337 | 4,016,723 | ||
| Ireland | 2,325,100 | 2,326,000 | 2,307,200 | 2,324,800 | 2,312,600 | 2,289,100 | 2,299,700 | 2,263,800 | 2,254,300 | 2,234,500 | 2,197,900 | 2,220,300 | ||
| Austria | 4,173,812 | 4,176,809 | 4,181,793 | 4,186,812 | 4,187,270 | 4,194,207 | 4,208,159 | 4,185,800 | 4,187,878 | 4,191,329 | 4,187,797 | 4,189,353 | 4,183,276 | |
| Finland | 2,520,504 | 2,546,950 | 2,528,826 | 2,491,353 | 2,455,058 | 2,379,836 | 2,356,271 | 2,335,534 | 2,286,770 | 2,288,091 | 2,290,912 | 2,321,837 | ||
| Portugal | 3,896,830 | 3,906,241 | 3,896,296 | 3,889,046 | 3,873,893 | 3,877,537 | 3,873,763 | 3,822,570 | 3,696,525 | 3,666,134 | 3,669,322 | |||
| Greece | 2,464,080 | 2,463,602 | 2,427,297 | 2,420,256 | 2,402,473 | 2,345,497 | 2,293,557 | 2,311,783 | 2,261,974 | 2,271,105 | 2,274,441 | 2,289,397 | ||
| Slovakia | 1,911,498 | 1,910,539 | 1,905,255 | 1,918,449 | 1,908,751 | 1,912,493 | 1,908,009 | 1,906,792 | 1,902,196 | 1,908,299 | 1,906,848 | 1,918,332 | ||
| Bulgaria | 2,244,047 | 2,245,743 | 2,242,632 | 2,241,445 | 2,236,824 | 2,211,083 | 2,209,729 | 2,207,077 | 2,202,897 | 2,297,340 | 2,282,930 | 2,274,813 | ||
| Luxembourg | 495,214 | 493,563 | 491,643 | 489,487 | 487,953 | 486,458 | 485,079 | 484,134 | 483,076 | 482,291 | 480,227 | 479,969 | ||
| Croatia | 1,444,424 | 1,401,335 | 1,375,776 | 1,359,528 | 1,330,784 | 1,327,210 | 1,322,845 | 1,311,921 | 1,312,504 | 1,316,496 | 1,297,827 | 1,280,510 | ||
| Lithuania | 1,365,346 | 1,361,406 | 1,358,770 | 1,354,677 | 1,355,080 | 1,353,609 | 1,352,849 | 1,352,232 | 1,349,172 | 1,345,444 | 1,337,982 | |||
| Slovenia | 803,895 | 803,790 | 796,601 | 795,605 | 796,919 | 797,286 | 802,681 | 803,864 | 806,371 | 807,943 | 809,395 | 809,184 | 808,956 | |
| Latvia | 868,010 | 862,581 | 861,776 | 855,471 | 857,059 | 859,262 | 859,943 | 861,311 | 864,828 | 861,630 | 864,626 | |||
| Estonia | 566,976 | 567,125 | 569,789 | 571,190 | 580,726 | 581,725 | 583,539 | 585,542 | 584,926 | 587,772 | 591,215 | |||
| Cyprus | 483,514 | 476,753 | 468,394 | 455,877 | 449,613 | 447,802 | 439,395 | 435,189 | 429,217 | 416,760 | 425,919 | |||
| Malta | 294,895 | 290,719 | 278,001 | 274,247 | 272,199 | 268,932 | 268,101 | 265,971 | 264,379 | 263,661 | 261,633 | 259,275 | ||
| Poland | 12,095,903 | 11,937,804 | 12,000,708 | 12,054,486 | 12,100,123 | 12,155,197 | 12,178,717 | 12,219,358 | 12,255,064 | 12,306,792 | 12,324,773 | 12,381,822 | ||
| Sweden | 5,257,500 | 5,291,100 | 5,345,000 | 5,292,200 | 5,257,700 | 5,289,600 | 5,311,000 | 5,318,600 | 5,092,400 | 5,054,600 | 5,002,000 | 5,055,900 | ||
| Romania | 4,946,999 | 4,958,280 | 4,983,603 | 4,994,718 | 5,000,643 | 5,007,047 | 4,989,269 | 4,977,788 | 4,969,976 | 4,964,340 | 4,957,446 | 4,947,683 | 4,941,939 | |
| Czechia | 4,413,486 | 4,401,504 | 4,400,912 | 4,395,742 | 4,370,422 | 4,390,140 | 4,373,237 | 4,377,707 | 4,230,413 | 4,223,938 | 4,243,562 | |||
| Denmark | 3,190,280 |
Latest reading
Euro area stood at 2.1% in Q2 2026. That is −0.1 pp from Q1 2026 and −0.1 pp from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2006 to Q2 2026. Source: Eurostat.
- Latest
- 2.1%
- Q2 2026
- vs previous period
- −0.1 pp
- Q1 2026
- vs a year earlier
- −0.1 pp
About this data
Job vacancy rates for the Euro area, the EU, and all 27 member states on a quarterly, seasonally adjusted basis. Calculated as vacant positions divided by total positions (vacant plus filled), this rate serves as a measure of the economy's labor scarcity: it surged to a record high in 2022 as the economy reopened post-pandemic before gradually declining. Placed side by side, the unemployment rate and vacancy rate form the Beveridge curve, which central banks use to assess labor market tightness. The data includes a breakdown by industry-construction and services, alongside absolute vacancy figures. Start dates vary significantly across countries as each joined the statistical program in a different year: the Euro area series begins in 2006, Germany in late 2010, Italy in 2016, and Malta in 2017. The Euro area, the EU, and Italy publish rates only, not absolute figures. Starting in 2026, Eurostat will transition this dataset to the NACE Rev. 2.1 classification. Source: Eurostat.
