Productivity vs. educational attainment in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Productivity vs. educational attainment was 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023. ▲ Rising
Productivity vs. educational attainment in Luxembourg, 1970–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour for productivity vs. educational attainment in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, productivity vs. educational attainment in Luxembourg peaked at 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2021 and was at its lowest, 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour, in 1971.
Luxembourg ranks 7th of 130 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 42.56 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.65 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 41.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 54.03 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.31 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 54.89 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 74.6 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.04 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 65.2 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 79.95 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 66.83 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 90.23 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.98 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 4 Denmark 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 5 Austria 84.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 6 Netherlands 84.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 8 Belgium 84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 9 United States 83.53 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 10 Germany 82.5 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
More education data for Luxembourg
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,878 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is productivity vs. educational attainment in Luxembourg?
- Productivity vs. educational attainment in Luxembourg was 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest productivity vs. educational attainment recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2021.
- What is the lowest productivity vs. educational attainment recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 1971.
- How does Luxembourg rank for productivity vs. educational attainment?
- Luxembourg ranks 7th out of 130 regions with data for 2023.
- Is productivity vs. educational attainment rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Productivity vs. educational attainment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.