September 20, 2022

In the second quarter of 2022, the job vacancy rate was 3.2% in the euro area, up from 3.1% in the previous quarter and 2.3% in the second quarter of 2021, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The job vacancy rate in the EU was 3.0% in the second quarter of 2022, up from 2.9% in the previous quarter and 2.2% in the second quarter of 2021.

Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak, the job vacancy rates have increased by 1.0 p.p. in the euro area and by 0.9 p.p. in the EU.

In the euro area, the job vacancy rate in the second quarter of 2022 was 2.9% in industry and construction and 3.7% in services. In the EU, the rate was 2.8% in industry and construction and 3.5% in services.

Member States

Among the Member States for which comparable data are available (see country notes), the highest job vacancy rates in the second quarter of 2022 were recorded in the Netherlands (5.1%), Belgium (5.0%), Czechia (4.9%) and Austria (4.8%). By contrast, the lowest rates were observed in Bulgaria, Spain and Romania (0.9% in all of them) followed by Slovakia (1.0%).
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the job vacancy rate increased in twenty-four Member States and remained stable in Czechia, Croatia and Poland. The largest increases were observed in Germany (+1.6 pp), Austria (+1.4 pp) and the Netherlands (+1.3 pp).

Source: Eurostat
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