Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9765 NPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Luxembourg, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 0.9765 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Luxembourg peaked at 0.9984 NPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.881 NPIA, in 2006.
That places Luxembourg 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.881 NPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8852 NPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9111 NPIA | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9955 NPIA | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9971 NPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9984 NPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9979 NPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9941 NPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9918 NPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.994 NPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9921 NPIA | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9916 NPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9721 NPIA | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9863 NPIA | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9765 NPIA | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8924 NPIA | 0.881 NPIA | 0.9111 NPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9951 NPIA | 0.9918 NPIA | 0.9984 NPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9816 NPIA | 0.9721 NPIA | 0.9916 NPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Luxembourg?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Luxembourg was 0.9765 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9984 NPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.881 NPIA in 2006.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Luxembourg ranks 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release