At the EU28 level, the job vacancy rate was 1.7 percent from July to September, which means it remained unchanged compared to the previous three months. In the third quarter of last year, it was 1.6 percent.
Croatia recorded a seasonally unadjusted job vacancy rate of 0.8 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, while in the previous quarter it was 1.5 percent. This rate indicates the share of job vacancies in the total number of jobs and is an indicator of the alignment of supply and demand in the labor market. A higher rate signals unmet demand, while a lower rate indicates better alignment of supply and demand.
Among EU countries, Belgium recorded the highest job vacancy rate from July to September, at 2.7 percent. This was followed by Germany and the United Kingdom, both at 2.6 percent, and the Czech Republic at 2.3 percent. Latvia had the lowest job vacancy rate at 0.4 percent, followed by Poland and Portugal, both at 0.6 percent. The largest increase in the job vacancy rate in the third quarter compared to the same period last year among member countries was recorded by the Czech Republic, with an increase of 0.9 percentage points, followed by Malta and Cyprus, with increases of 0.7 and 0.4 percentage points, respectively. Only Germany and Portugal recorded a decrease, both by 0.1 percentage points, and Greece by 0.2 percentage points.
At the EU28 level, the job vacancy rate was 1.7 percent from July to September, which means it remained unchanged compared to the previous three months. In the third quarter of last year, it was 1.6 percent. In the eurozone, the seasonally unadjusted job vacancy rate in the third quarter was 1.6 percent, slightly decreasing from 1.7 percent recorded in the previous quarter. In the third quarter of 2014, it was 1.6 percent.
