(Finance) – Nel fourth quarter of 2023, the euro area job vacancy rate was 2.7%down from 2.9% in the previous quarter and 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to data published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The EU job vacancy rate was 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023, down from 2.6% in the previous quarter and 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Job vacancy rate by Member State
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available, i highest rates of job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2023 were recorded in Belgium (4.4%), Netherlands (4.2%), Austria (4.1%) and Germany (3.9%). In contrast, the lowest rates were observed in Bulgaria and Romania (0.7% in both), Spain and Poland (0.8% in both), Ireland (1.0%) and Slovakia (1.1%) .
Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the job vacancy rate increased in five Member States, remained stable in three Member States and decreased in nineteen Member States. The largest increases were observed in Cyprus (+0.9 pp), Greece (+0.8 pp) and Malta (+0.4 pp). The largest decreases were recorded in Austria (-1.0 pp), Luxembourg (-0.9 pp), Czech Republic (-0.8 pp).