Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 78.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 78.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 82.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 60.2%, in 2003.
That places Luxembourg 41st out of 108 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 64.1% | — |
| 2001 | 62.7% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 64.3% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 60.2% | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 68.0% | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 66.3% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 67.3% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 69.8% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 79.0% | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 77.9% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 79.1% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 80.5% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 82.4% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 76.7% | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 77.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 75.8% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 77.7% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 79.0% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 78.3% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.3% | 60.2% | 69.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 79.0% | 76.7% | 82.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 75.8% | 79.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 38 Denmark 80.6% compare
- 39 United Kingdom 79.9% compare
- 40 France 79.4% compare
- 42 Greece 78.0% compare
- 43 Timor-Leste 77.7% compare
- 44 Netherlands 75.9% compare
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 78.3% 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 82.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.2% in 2003.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 41st out of 108 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 2.7%. 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 upper secondary 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