Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 77.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg, 1993–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg stood at 77.2%.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Luxembourg peaked at 79.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 34.6%, in 1993.
That places Luxembourg 43rd out of 142 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.8% | 34.6% | 41.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 58.6% | 39.9% | 75.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 75.1% | 69.1% | 79.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 76.3% | 73.7% | 77.3% | 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 77.2% 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 79.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.6% in 1993.
- How does Luxembourg rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Luxembourg ranks 43rd out of 142 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 1.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release