Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 78.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg stood at 78.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 82.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 56.8%, in 2000.
Luxembourg ranks 24th of 111 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 | 56.8% | — |
| 2001 | 58.7% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 59.6% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 59.4% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 63.8% | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 64.9% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 62.1% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 64.2% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 65.0% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 75.5% | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 75.4% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 77.5% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 79.7% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 82.1% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 76.1% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 76.5% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 76.4% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 79.9% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 79.6% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 78.7% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.6% | 56.8% | 65.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 77.5% | 75.4% | 82.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 78.6% | 76.4% | 79.9% | 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 78.7% 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 82.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.8% in 2000.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 24th out of 111 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 1.3%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release