Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 77.6% 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 77.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 77.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.7%, in 2000.
Luxembourg ranks 25th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.7% | — |
| 2001 | 52.2% | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 51.2% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 53.0% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 55.9% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 56.5% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 56.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 58.1% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 58.7% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 68.7% | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 69.9% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 72.5% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 75.7% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 76.6% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 72.2% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 72.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 74.0% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 76.9% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 77.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 77.6% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.6% | 48.7% | 58.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 72.7% | 68.7% | 76.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 76.4% | 74.0% | 77.6% | 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 77.6% 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 77.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.7% in 2000.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 25th out of 113 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 up 2.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release