17.12.2015, 14:26
Euro area job vacancy rate at 1.6%
OREANDA-NEWS. The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 1.6% in the third quarter of 2015, down from 1.7% in the previous quarter, but stable compared with the third quarter of 2014, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The job vacancy rate in the EU28 was 1.7% in the third quarter of 2015, stable compared with the previous quarter but up from 1.6% in the third quarter of 2014.
In the euro area, the job vacancy rate in the third quarter of 2015 was 1.1% in industry and construction and 2.0% in services. In the EU28. the rate was 1.2% in industry and construction and 2.1% in services.
Member States
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available, the highest job vacancy rates in the third quarter of 2015 were recorded in Belgium (2.7%). Germany and the United Kingdom (both 2.6%) and the Czech Republic (2.3%), and the lowest in Latvia (0.4%), Poland and Portugal (both 0.6%).
The job vacancy rate rose in twenty Member States, remained stable in five and fell in three compared to the third quarter of 2014. The largest increases were registered in the Czech Republic (+0.9 percentage points). Malta (+0.7 pp) and Cyprus (+0.4 pp). The only decreases were recorded in Germany and Portugal (both -0.1 pp) and Greece (-0.2 pp).
Geographical information
The euro area (EA19) includes Belgium. Germany. Estonia. Ireland. Greece. Spain. France. Italy. Cyprus. Latvia, Lithuania. Luxembourg. Malta, the Netherlands. Austria. Portugal. Slovenia. Slovakia and Finland.
The European Union (EU28) includes Belgium. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic. Denmark. Germany. Estonia. Ireland. Greece. Spain. France. Croatia. Italy. Cyprus. Latvia. Lithuania. Luxembourg. Hungary. Malta, the Netherlands. Austria, Poland. Portugal. Romania. Slovenia. Slovakia. Finland. Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Methods and definitions
The job vacancy rate (JVR) measures the proportion of total posts that are vacant, expressed as a percentage:
JVR = (number of job vacancies) / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies).
A job vacancy is defined as a paid post (newly created, unoccupied or about to become vacant) for which the employer is taking active steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned and is prepared to take more steps and which the employer intends to fill either immediately or in the near future. Under this definition, a job vacancy should be open to candidates from outside an enterprise. However, this does not exclude the possibility of the employer recruiting an internal candidate for the post. A vacant post that is open only to internal candidates should not be treated as a job vacancy. An occupied post is a paid post within an organisation to which an employee has been assigned.
Job vacancy rates cover NACE Rev. 1 sections A to О until the fourth quarter of 2008 and NACE Rev. 2 sections В to S from the first quarter of 2009. These aggregates are referred to as "Whole economy" for the sake of simplification, even if agriculture, activities of households as employers and activities of extraterritorial organisations are excluded. NACE Rev. 2 sections В to S include the industry (B to E). construction (F) and services (G to N) sectors together with (mainly) non-market services (O to S).
The job vacancy rates for the EU and euro area aggregates are based on Member States data, including estimates for recent periods when values are not yet available. If national data are only available for a sub-population, for example excluding smaller units or some activities, this sub-population is used in the computation of the job vacancy rate for the aggregates.
Country notes:
Denmark. France. Italy and Malta: data are not strictly comparable. In France and Italy, only business units with 10 employees or more are surveyed. Moreover, in the case of public administration, education and human health (NACE Rev. 2 sections О. P and Q), public institutions are not covered. France delivers annual data with coverage extended to units with less than 10 employees within the sectors provided. The last available data (reference year 2013) indicate a job vacancy rate of 0.9% for the economy covered. In Malta, only units with 10 employees or more are surveyed. In Denmark, only units within the business economy (NACE Rev 2 sections В to N) are surveyed.
In the euro area, the job vacancy rate in the third quarter of 2015 was 1.1% in industry and construction and 2.0% in services. In the EU28. the rate was 1.2% in industry and construction and 2.1% in services.
Member States
Among the Member States for which comparable data are available, the highest job vacancy rates in the third quarter of 2015 were recorded in Belgium (2.7%). Germany and the United Kingdom (both 2.6%) and the Czech Republic (2.3%), and the lowest in Latvia (0.4%), Poland and Portugal (both 0.6%).
The job vacancy rate rose in twenty Member States, remained stable in five and fell in three compared to the third quarter of 2014. The largest increases were registered in the Czech Republic (+0.9 percentage points). Malta (+0.7 pp) and Cyprus (+0.4 pp). The only decreases were recorded in Germany and Portugal (both -0.1 pp) and Greece (-0.2 pp).
Geographical information
The euro area (EA19) includes Belgium. Germany. Estonia. Ireland. Greece. Spain. France. Italy. Cyprus. Latvia, Lithuania. Luxembourg. Malta, the Netherlands. Austria. Portugal. Slovenia. Slovakia and Finland.
The European Union (EU28) includes Belgium. Bulgaria, the Czech Republic. Denmark. Germany. Estonia. Ireland. Greece. Spain. France. Croatia. Italy. Cyprus. Latvia. Lithuania. Luxembourg. Hungary. Malta, the Netherlands. Austria, Poland. Portugal. Romania. Slovenia. Slovakia. Finland. Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Methods and definitions
The job vacancy rate (JVR) measures the proportion of total posts that are vacant, expressed as a percentage:
JVR = (number of job vacancies) / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies).
A job vacancy is defined as a paid post (newly created, unoccupied or about to become vacant) for which the employer is taking active steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned and is prepared to take more steps and which the employer intends to fill either immediately or in the near future. Under this definition, a job vacancy should be open to candidates from outside an enterprise. However, this does not exclude the possibility of the employer recruiting an internal candidate for the post. A vacant post that is open only to internal candidates should not be treated as a job vacancy. An occupied post is a paid post within an organisation to which an employee has been assigned.
Job vacancy rates cover NACE Rev. 1 sections A to О until the fourth quarter of 2008 and NACE Rev. 2 sections В to S from the first quarter of 2009. These aggregates are referred to as "Whole economy" for the sake of simplification, even if agriculture, activities of households as employers and activities of extraterritorial organisations are excluded. NACE Rev. 2 sections В to S include the industry (B to E). construction (F) and services (G to N) sectors together with (mainly) non-market services (O to S).
The job vacancy rates for the EU and euro area aggregates are based on Member States data, including estimates for recent periods when values are not yet available. If national data are only available for a sub-population, for example excluding smaller units or some activities, this sub-population is used in the computation of the job vacancy rate for the aggregates.
Country notes:
Denmark. France. Italy and Malta: data are not strictly comparable. In France and Italy, only business units with 10 employees or more are surveyed. Moreover, in the case of public administration, education and human health (NACE Rev. 2 sections О. P and Q), public institutions are not covered. France delivers annual data with coverage extended to units with less than 10 employees within the sectors provided. The last available data (reference year 2013) indicate a job vacancy rate of 0.9% for the economy covered. In Malta, only units with 10 employees or more are surveyed. In Denmark, only units within the business economy (NACE Rev 2 sections В to N) are surveyed.
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