Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 90.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg, 1991–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 90.7% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 90.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.4%, in 1991.
Luxembourg ranks 41st of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 50.4% | — |
| 2001 | 70.1% | +39.1% |
| 2003 | 59.7% | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 77.1% | +29.0% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 86.4% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 87.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 89.1% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 88.3% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 86.0% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 89.3% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 90.1% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 89.1% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 89.5% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 90.0% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 90.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.4% | 50.4% | 50.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.0% | 59.7% | 77.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 87.7% | 85.2% | 90.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 89.8% | 89.1% | 90.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More education data for Luxembourg
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,878 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.22 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Luxembourg was 90.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.4% in 1991.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 41st out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release