The job vacancy rate in the EU was 2.1 percent in the second quarter of this year, dropping from 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2025 and down from 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2024.
In the euro area, the job vacancy rate in the second quarter of this year was:
- 0 percent in industry and construction, and
- 4 percent in services
In the EU, the rate was
- 8 percent in industry and construction, and
- 3 percent in services
Job vacancy rate by Member States
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available, the highest job vacancy rates in the second quarter of this year were recorded in the Netherlands (4.2 percent) and Belgium (3.9 percent), followed by Austria (3.4 percent), Cyprus (3.3 percent), and Malta (3.2 percent). The lowest rates were observed in Romania (0.6 percent), Spain and Poland (both 0.8 [ercent), followed by Bulgaria (0.9 percent).
Compared with the same quarter of 2024, the job vacancy rate increased in five Member States, remained stable in three Member States and decreased in 19 Member States. Increases were observed in Cyprus (+0.3 pp), Lithuania and Malta (both + 0.2 pp), followed by Bulgaria and Estonia (+0.1 pp in both of them). Except for Czechia, impacted by a methodological break in the first quarter of 2025 (see country notes), the largest decreases were recorded in Greece (-0.9 pp), Finland (-0.7 pp), followed by Germany and Austria (both -0.6 pp).
