In the second quarter of 2025, the percentage of vacancies were 2.2% in the euro zone, decreasing from 2.4% in the first quarter of 2025 and from 2.6% in the second quarter of 2024, according to figures published by Eurostat.

The rate of vacancies in the EU was 2.1% in the second quarter of 2025, down 2.2% in the first quarter of 2025 and from 2.4% in the second quarter of 2024.

In the euro area, the percentage of jobs in the second quarter of 2025 was:

  • 2.0% in industry and construction and
  • 2.4% in services

In the EU, the percentage was:

  • 1.8% in industry and construction and
  • 2.3% in services

Percentage of jobs per Member State

Among the Member States for which comparable data are available, the highest rates of vacancies in the second quarter of 2025 were recorded in the Netherlands (4.2%) and Belgium (3.9%), followed by Austria (3.4%), Cyprus (3.3%) and Malta (3.2%). The lower rates were observed in Romania (0.6%), Spain and Poland (both 0.8%), followed by Bulgaria (0.9%).

Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the percentage of jobs increased in 5 Member States, remained stable in 3 Member States and declined in 19 Member States.

Increases were observed in Cyprus (+0.3 percentage points), Lithuania and Malta (in both+0.2 percentage points), followed by Bulgaria and Estonia (+0.1 percentage point in both).

The largest reductions were recorded in the Czech Republic (-1.3%), Greece (-0.9 percentage points), Finland (-0.7 percentage points), followed by Germany and Austria (in both -0.6 percentage points).

In Greece the rate was reduced to 1.6% from 2.5% last year.