Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 78.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg is 78.5%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 83.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 37.5%, in 2001.
Luxembourg ranks 44th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.0% | 47.7% | 49.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 63.5% | 37.5% | 79.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 78.3% | 69.9% | 83.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 76.1% | 79.2% | 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 upper secondary education or in Luxembourg?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg was 78.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 83.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.5% in 2001.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 44th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release