2024-06-19 20:19:39
Greece is among the many international locations with essentially the most job vacancies within the EU within the first quarter of 2024 as proven by Eurostat knowledge, whereas it’s value noting that our nation recorded the biggest improve in job vacancies in comparison with the corresponding quarter of 2023.
Particularly, Greece with a charge of three.1% is in seventh place within the rating of EU international locations primarily based on job vacancies, whereas it recorded an annual improve of 1.6 share factors, which is by far the biggest in comparison with the others EU international locations.
Based on Eurostat, within the first quarter of 2024, the job emptiness charge was 2.9% within the euro space, unchanged from the final quarter of 2023 and down 3.2% from the primary quarter of 2023.
Total within the EU the corresponding determine was 2.6% for a similar interval, the identical as within the final quarter of 2023 and down from 2.9% within the first quarter of 2023.
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Within the eurozone, massive shortages of employees for particular jobs are present in trade and development (2.5%) and companies (3.2%), whereas within the EU the corresponding percentages are 2.3% and three.0%.
The very best job emptiness charges within the first quarter of 2024 had been recorded in Austria (4.5%), Belgium (4.4%) and the Netherlands (4.4%). Conversely, the bottom charges had been noticed in Romania (0.7%), Bulgaria (0.8%), Poland and Spain (each 0.9%).
In comparison with the identical quarter final yr, the job emptiness charge elevated in six Member States, remained secure in three Member States and decreased in eighteen Member States. The biggest will increase had been, as famous above, in Greece (+1.6 p.m.) and Malta (+0.6 p.m.). The biggest decreases had been recorded in Finland and Sweden (-0.8 p.g. each), Luxembourg and Austria (-0.7 p.g. each) in addition to the Czech Republic and Germany (- 0.6 am on each).