Eurostat/ Job vacancy rate at 1.9% in both euro area and EU28/ 19 June 2017
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available (see country notes), the highest job vacancy
rates in the first quarter of 2017 were recorded in the Czech Republic (3.1%), Belgium (2.9% in the fourth quarter
of 2016), Finland and Sweden (both 2.7%) as well as Germany (2.6%). In contrast, the lowest rates were
observed in Spain (0.8%), Portugal (0.9%), Bulgaria, Ireland, Greece, Poland and Slovakia (all 1.0%).
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