Belgium and The Netherlands had the highest job vacancy rate in the European Union in the second quarter of 2024, at 4.4 percent each. Romania and Poland had the lowest job vacancy rates in Europe, at 0.7 percent each. The overall rate for the European Union during the same quarter was 2.4 percent, while for the Euro area - which contains 20 of 27 member states - it was 2.6 percent.
Job vacancy rate in selected European countries as of the 2nd quarter of 2024
VR = number of job vacancies / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies) * 100. An occupied post means a paid post within the organization to which an employee has been assigned.
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Eurostat. (September 24, 2024). Job vacancy rate in selected European countries as of the 2nd quarter of 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1204257/job-vacancy-rate-in-europe/
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