Luxembourg

Country at a glance

Luxembourg is a western europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Luxembourg City. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Luxembourg is a small, ultra-high-income economy specialised in financial services, fund administration and EU institutions (the Court of Justice, the European Investment Bank), with the EU's highest GDP per capita. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. The official languages are Luxembourgish, French, German. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Luxembourg is currently 26th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 21st by GDP at current prices; with one of the youngest median ages in the bloc (rank 26/27).

Key insights

How Luxembourg stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡Fertility rate 1.3 — well below the 2.1 replacement level
• 🟡14.7% of energy from renewables — bottom 2 in EU
• 🟡R&D expenditure 1.0% of GDP — far below the EU 3% target
• 🟢GDP per capita €130k — top 1 in EU (EU avg €42k)
• 🟢Public debt 26.5% of GDP — well below the 60% Maastricht threshold
• 🟢Tertiary attainment 55.5% (25-64) — top 2 in EU
• 🔵2nd-youngest median age in EU-27 (39.8 years)

Luxembourg vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Luxembourg's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Luxembourg, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Luxembourg

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Luxembourg (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Luxembourg buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Luxembourg.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Luxembourg.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (399 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API