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Euro area job vacancy rate at 2.1%
Eurostat reports the euro area job vacancy rate was 2.1% in the second quarter of 2026, down from 2.3% in the first quarter of 2026 and 2.2% in the second quarter of 2025. The figures cover the euro area as published by the statistical office of the European Union.
Categories: economy-and-trade
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 8/10
- Geographic reach
- 6/10
- Global importance
- 4/10
- Impact magnitude
- 3/10
- Positivity
- 5/10
- Urgency
- 3/10
Why it matters
The published change documents recent quarterly and year‑on‑year movement in the euro area labour market.

