# Euro Area Job vacancy rate, %, SA

Euro Area Job vacancy rate, %, SA was 2.1% in Q2 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from Q1 2026 and down 0.1 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.7% (Q2 2016) to 3.3% (Q2 2022), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.VACANCY.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2006-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (82 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/job-vacancy-rate-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 2.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2% |
| Q4 2025 | 2.3% |
| Q3 2025 | 2.2% |
| Q2 2025 | 2.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 2.3% |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6% |
| Q3 2024 | 2.5% |
| Q2 2024 | 2.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 2.8% |
| Q4 2023 | 2.8% |
| Q3 2023 | 3.0% |
| Q2 2023 | 3.1% |
| Q1 2023 | 3.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 3.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 3.2% |
| Q2 2022 | 3.3% |
| Q1 2022 | 3.1% |
| Q4 2021 | 2.9% |
| Q3 2021 | 2.7% |
| Q2 2021 | 2.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 2.1% |
| Q4 2020 | 1.9% |
| Q3 2020 | 1.8% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.VACANCY.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.VACANCY.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```