Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 50.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 50.6% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg peaked at 50.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.6%, in 2003.
Luxembourg ranks 8th of 102 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 22.0% | — |
| 1999 | 20.1% | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 20.6% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 20.6% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 21.5% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 16.6% | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 29.0% | +75.1% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 28.2% | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 36.5% | +29.5% |
| 2011 | 39.1% | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 41.3% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 45.0% | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 49.3% | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 46.0% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 46.7% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 49.7% | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 50.6% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 50.6% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.0% | 20.1% | 22.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.2% | 16.6% | 29.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 36.5% | 49.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 49.4% | 46.7% | 50.6% | 4 |
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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 short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg was 50.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 50.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6% in 2003.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Luxembourg ranks 8th out of 102 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release