Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 42.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg stood at 42.8%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg peaked at 42.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.0%, in 1998.
That places Luxembourg 172nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 32.0% | — |
| 1999 | 36.3% | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 36.5% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 36.2% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 36.0% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 35.3% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 36.9% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 37.9% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 38.7% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 39.2% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 39.6% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 40.1% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 40.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 40.7% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 40.1% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 40.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 38.6% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 39.0% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 38.4% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 38.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38.3% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 38.0% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 39.2% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 40.3% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 41.6% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 42.8% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.1% | 32.0% | 36.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 37.4% | 35.3% | 39.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.4% | 38.3% | 40.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.4% | 38.0% | 42.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Luxembourg
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Luxembourg was 42.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.0% in 1998.
- How does Luxembourg rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Luxembourg ranks 172nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release