Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 46.4% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg, 1992β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 46.4% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Luxembourg peaked at 46.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 1992.
That places Luxembourg 12th out of 129 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.7% | 10.5% | 20.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 15.3% | 32.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 37.5% | 33.2% | 43.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 44.9% | 41.2% | 46.6% | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0087 units per person (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 46.4% 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 46.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 1992.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Luxembourg ranks 12th out of 129 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 19.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release