EU vacancy rate by sector in the European Union, Q3 2019 to Q3 2023 (%)
Table 1: EU vacancy rate by sector in the European Union, Q3 2019 to Q3 2023 (%).
Note: EU averages for sectors A, O, P, Q, R and S calculated by authors as an average of the available vacancy rates for Member States, as no Eurostat data are available.
Source: Eurostat [jvs_q_nace2] and authors’ calculations (see note)
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