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Olan McEvoy
Research expert covering the European Union for society, economy, and politics.
Get in touch with us nowConstruction was the economic sector which saw the greatest job vacancy rate in the EU in 2023, with a rate of 3.4 percent in quarter three of that year. Services saw a lower rate in the same quarter, at 2.9 percent, while industry saw the lowest job vacancy rate of all, at two percent. The job vacancy rate in all sectors saw a spike during the reopening of European economies in 2021 and 2022 following the pandemic-related shutdown of economies in 2020. The job vacancy rate in all sectors reached a historic peak in quarter two of 2022, after which they have begun to decline gradually.
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