Vacancies;SIC 2008;private sector
| SIC 2008 | Periods | Unfilled vacancies (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 1st quarter | 258.8 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 2nd quarter | 269.4 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 3rd quarter | 263.2 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 4th quarter | 256.8 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 259.3 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 1st quarter | 198.9 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 2nd quarter | 178.4 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 3rd quarter | 195.4 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 4rd quarter | 190.9 |
| A-U All economic activities | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 199.1 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2019 1st quarter | 2.8 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2019 2nd quarter | 3.0 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2019 3rd quarter | 2.6 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2019 4th quarter | 2.4 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 2.7 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2020 1st quarter | 2.2 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2020 2nd quarter | 2.4 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2020 3rd quarter | 2.2 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.9 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 2.2 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2019 1st quarter | 0.2 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2019 2nd quarter | 0.4 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2019 3rd quarter | 0.3 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2019 4th quarter | 0.2 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 0.3 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2020 1st quarter | 0.2 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2020 2nd quarter | 0.1 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2020 3rd quarter | 0.1 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2020 4rd quarter | 0.1 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 0.2 |
| C Manufacturing | 2019 1st quarter | 23.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 2019 2nd quarter | 24.5 |
| C Manufacturing | 2019 3rd quarter | 23.0 |
| C Manufacturing | 2019 4th quarter | 22.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 23.3 |
| C Manufacturing | 2020 1st quarter | 18.7 |
| C Manufacturing | 2020 2nd quarter | 15.7 |
| C Manufacturing | 2020 3rd quarter | 16.9 |
| C Manufacturing | 2020 4rd quarter | 18.0 |
| C Manufacturing | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 17.9 |
| D Energy supply | 2019 1st quarter | 0.9 |
| D Energy supply | 2019 2nd quarter | 0.9 |
| D Energy supply | 2019 3rd quarter | 1.0 |
| D Energy supply | 2019 4th quarter | 1.2 |
| D Energy supply | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 0.9 |
| D Energy supply | 2020 1st quarter | 1.2 |
| D Energy supply | 2020 2nd quarter | 1.1 |
| D Energy supply | 2020 3rd quarter | 1.0 |
| D Energy supply | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.1 |
| D Energy supply | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 1.1 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2019 1st quarter | 0.9 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2019 2nd quarter | 0.9 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2019 3rd quarter | 1.1 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2019 4th quarter | 1.2 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 1.0 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2020 1st quarter | 0.8 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2020 2nd quarter | 0.8 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2020 3rd quarter | 0.9 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.0 |
| E Water supply and waste management | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 0.9 |
| F Construction | 2019 1st quarter | 18.9 |
| F Construction | 2019 2nd quarter | 18.8 |
| F Construction | 2019 3rd quarter | 18.0 |
| F Construction | 2019 4th quarter | 16.8 |
| F Construction | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 18.1 |
| F Construction | 2020 1st quarter | 13.9 |
| F Construction | 2020 2nd quarter | 13.1 |
| F Construction | 2020 3rd quarter | 14.4 |
| F Construction | 2020 4rd quarter | 15.6 |
| F Construction | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 14.4 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2019 1st quarter | 55.0 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2019 2nd quarter | 57.7 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2019 3rd quarter | 58.3 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2019 4th quarter | 56.3 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 56.1 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2020 1st quarter | 41.5 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2020 2nd quarter | 37.3 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2020 3rd quarter | 43.0 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2020 4rd quarter | 39.4 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 42.4 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2019 1st quarter | 13.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2019 2nd quarter | 13.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2019 3rd quarter | 12.4 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2019 4th quarter | 12.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 13.1 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2020 1st quarter | 8.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2020 2nd quarter | 6.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2020 3rd quarter | 8.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2020 4rd quarter | 7.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 8.3 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2019 1st quarter | 22.9 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2019 2nd quarter | 25.9 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2019 3rd quarter | 23.1 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2019 4th quarter | 20.5 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 22.9 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2020 1st quarter | 9.9 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2020 2nd quarter | 10.2 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2020 3rd quarter | 10.8 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2020 4rd quarter | 6.1 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 11.1 |
| J Information and communication | 2019 1st quarter | 18.7 |
| J Information and communication | 2019 2nd quarter | 18.3 |
| J Information and communication | 2019 3rd quarter | 18.6 |
| J Information and communication | 2019 4th quarter | 18.2 |
| J Information and communication | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 18.3 |
| J Information and communication | 2020 1st quarter | 15.0 |
| J Information and communication | 2020 2nd quarter | 12.3 |
| J Information and communication | 2020 3rd quarter | 13.6 |
| J Information and communication | 2020 4rd quarter | 15.7 |
| J Information and communication | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 14.5 |
| K Financial institutions | 2019 1st quarter | 9.0 |
| K Financial institutions | 2019 2nd quarter | 8.8 |
| K Financial institutions | 2019 3rd quarter | 8.4 |
| K Financial institutions | 2019 4th quarter | 8.7 |
| K Financial institutions | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 8.8 |
| K Financial institutions | 2020 1st quarter | 7.0 |
| K Financial institutions | 2020 2nd quarter | 7.0 |
| K Financial institutions | 2020 3rd quarter | 6.9 |
| K Financial institutions | 2020 4rd quarter | 7.3 |
| K Financial institutions | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 7.2 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2019 1st quarter | 2.1 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2019 2nd quarter | 2.1 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2019 3rd quarter | 2.5 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2019 4th quarter | 2.3 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 2.2 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2020 1st quarter | 1.5 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2020 2nd quarter | 1.6 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2020 3rd quarter | 1.4 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.5 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 1.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2019 1st quarter | 26.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2019 2nd quarter | 27.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2019 3rd quarter | 27.0 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2019 4th quarter | 26.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 26.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2020 1st quarter | 21.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2020 2nd quarter | 17.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2020 3rd quarter | 19.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2020 4rd quarter | 21.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 20.8 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2019 1st quarter | 18.2 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2019 2nd quarter | 20.1 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2019 3rd quarter | 20.7 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2019 4th quarter | 20.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 19.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2020 1st quarter | 15.5 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2020 2nd quarter | 14.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2020 3rd quarter | 14.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2020 4rd quarter | 14.1 |
| N Renting and other business support | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 15.5 |
| O Public administration and services | 2019 1st quarter | 0.7 |
| O Public administration and services | 2019 2nd quarter | 0.7 |
| O Public administration and services | 2019 3rd quarter | 0.8 |
| O Public administration and services | 2019 4th quarter | 0.8 |
| O Public administration and services | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 0.7 |
| O Public administration and services | 2020 1st quarter | 0.6 |
| O Public administration and services | 2020 2nd quarter | 0.5 |
| O Public administration and services | 2020 3rd quarter | 0.6 |
| O Public administration and services | 2020 4rd quarter | 0.7 |
| O Public administration and services | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 0.6 |
| P Education | 2019 1st quarter | 2.2 |
| P Education | 2019 2nd quarter | 2.1 |
| P Education | 2019 3rd quarter | 2.2 |
| P Education | 2019 4th quarter | 2.1 |
| P Education | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 2.1 |
| P Education | 2020 1st quarter | 1.3 |
| P Education | 2020 2nd quarter | 1.3 |
| P Education | 2020 3rd quarter | 1.7 |
| P Education | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.6 |
| P Education | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 1.6 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2019 1st quarter | 34.2 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2019 2nd quarter | 36.0 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2019 3rd quarter | 34.7 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2019 4th quarter | 36.1 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 34.7 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2020 1st quarter | 34.0 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2020 2nd quarter | 31.6 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2020 3rd quarter | 33.7 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2020 4rd quarter | 33.0 |
| Q Health and social work activities | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 33.5 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2019 1st quarter | 4.2 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2019 2nd quarter | 3.9 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2019 3rd quarter | 4.1 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2019 4th quarter | 4.0 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 3.9 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2020 1st quarter | 2.9 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2020 2nd quarter | 1.9 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2020 3rd quarter | 2.4 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2020 4rd quarter | 1.7 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 2.5 |
| S Other service activities | 2019 1st quarter | 3.8 |
| S Other service activities | 2019 2nd quarter | 4.0 |
| S Other service activities | 2019 3rd quarter | 4.3 |
| S Other service activities | 2019 4th quarter | 4.4 |
| S Other service activities | 2019 yearly average/yearly total | 4.1 |
| S Other service activities | 2020 1st quarter | 2.6 |
| S Other service activities | 2020 2nd quarter | 2.3 |
| S Other service activities | 2020 3rd quarter | 3.0 |
| S Other service activities | 2020 4rd quarter | 3.2 |
| S Other service activities | 2020 yearly average/yearly total | 2.9 |
| Source: CBS | ||
Table description
Unfilled, new and filled vacancies in the private sector Selections: Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 2008 (SIC 2008), size of enterprises, periods.
The number of vacancies per quarter refers to vacancies in the private sector at the end of each quarter.
Data available since 1997, quarter 1.
Status of the figures:
All figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 17 February 2021:
New figures of fourth quarter of 2020 and year figures of 2020 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
New figures of first quarter of 2021 will be published May 2021.
Description topics
- Unfilled vacancies
- The number of vacancies per quarter refers to vacancies in the private sector at the end of each quarter.
The annual figure regarding unfilled vacancies is a weighted average calculated as follows:
Vacancies 4th quarter previous year under review, weight 1.
Vacancies 1st, 2nd, 3rd quarter year under review, weight 2.
Vacancies 4th quarter year under review, weight 1.
Vacancies, annual average = Total number of vacancies/8
The annual result of the new and filled vacancies is the total of the four quarters.