Ireland among lowest in EU for job vacancies

According to Eurostat, during the last three months of 2023, the job vacancy rate among EU members stood at 2.5%

Ireland’s job vacancy rate stands at 1% which is slightly higher than Bulgaria and Romania, both at 0.7%, as well as Spain and Poland, both at 0.8%.

The job vacancy rate across the EU has dropped to 2.5% with Ireland having among the lowest across all members, new data from Eurostat shows.

In addition, the employment rate among 20- to 64 year-olds across the EU ticked up slightly by 0.1% to 75.5%.