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Luxembourg
2022 Edition — sovereign
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Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
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total: 235,155 (2020 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2020 est.)
Broadcast media
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Luxembourg has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services for pan-European audiences and is home to Europe's largest privately owned broadcast media group, the RTL Group, which operates 46 TV stations and 29 radio stations in Europe; also home to Europe's largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES); domestically, the RTL Group operates TV and radio networks; other domestic private radio and TV operators and French and German stations available; satellite and cable TV services available
Internet country code
[time series]
.lu
Internet users
[time series]
total: 624,115 (2020 est.) percent of population: 99% (2020 est.)
Telecommunication systems
[time series]
general assessment: Luxembourg has a small telecom sector; there remains some pressure from regulatory measures, though no further reductions to fixed and mobile interconnection tariffs have been imposed through to 2024; high mobile penetration has slowed subscriber growth in the mobile market since 2005, though a recent law requiring SIM card registration has not had an adverse effect on the number of mobile subscribers despite network operators deactivating unregistered cards (2021) domestic: fixed-line teledensity about 43 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated with about 142 per 100 mobile-cellular (2020) international: country code - 352 note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services
Telephones - fixed lines
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total subscriptions: 268,090 (2020 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (2020 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
[time series]
total subscriptions: 890,000 (2020 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 142 (2020 est.)
Economy
Agricultural products
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milk, wheat, barley, triticale, potatoes, pork, beef, grapes, rapeseed, oats
Budget
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revenues: 27.75 billion (2017 est.) expenditures: 26.8 billion (2017 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
[time series]
1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Credit ratings
[time series]
Fitch rating: AAA (1994) Moody's rating: Aaa (1989) Standard & Poors rating: AAA (1994) note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
Current account balance
[time series]
$3.254 billion (2019 est.) $3.296 billion (2018 est.)
Debt - external
[time series]
$4,266,792,000,000 (2019 est.) $4,581,617,000,000 (2018 est.)
Economic overview
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This small, stable, high-income economy has historically featured solid growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. Luxembourg, the only Grand Duchy in the world, is a landlocked country in northwestern Europe surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany. Despite its small landmass and small population, Luxembourg is the fifth-wealthiest country in the world when measured on a gross domestic product (PPP) per capita basis. Luxembourg has one of the highest current account surpluses as a share of GDP in the euro zone, and it maintains a healthy budgetary position, with a 2017 surplus of 0.5% of GDP, and the lowest public debt level in the region. Since 2002, Luxembourg s government has proactively implemented policies and programs to support economic diversification and to attract foreign direct investment. The government focused on key innovative industries that showed promise for supporting economic growth: logistics, information and communications technology (ICT); health technologies, including biotechnology and biomedical research; clean energy technologies, and more recently, space technology and financial services technologies. The economy has evolved and flourished, posting strong GDP growth of 3.4% in 2017, far outpacing the European average of 1.8%. Luxembourg remains a financial powerhouse the financial sector accounts for more than 35% of GDP - because of the exponential growth of the investment fund sector through the launch and development of cross-border funds (UCITS) in the 1990s. Luxembourg is the world s second-largest investment fund asset domicile, after the US, with $4 trillion of assets in custody in financial institutions. Luxembourg has lost some of its advantage as a favorable tax location because of OECD and EU pressure, as well as the "LuxLeaks" scandal, which revealed advantageous tax treatments offered to foreign corporations. In 2015, the government s compliance with EU requirements to implement automatic exchange of tax information on savings accounts - thus ending banking secrecy - has constricted banking activity. Likewise, changes to the way EU members collect taxes from e-commerce has cut Luxembourg s sales tax revenues, requiring the government to raise additional levies and to reduce some direct social benefits as part of the tax reform package of 2017. The tax reform package also included reductions in the corporate tax rate and increases in deductions for families, both intended to increase purchasing power and increase competitiveness.
Exchange rates
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euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.82771 (2020 est.) 0.90338 (2019 est.) 0.87789 (2018 est.) 0.885 (2014 est.) 0.7634 (2013 est.)
Exports
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$137.09 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars $133.59 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars $136.11 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Exports - commodities
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iron and iron products, tires, cars, broadcasting equipment, clothing and apparel (2019)
Exports - partners
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Germany 23%, France 13%, Belgium 12%, Netherlands 6%, Italy 5% (2019)
Fiscal year
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calendar year
GDP (official exchange rate)
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$71.089 billion (2019 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use
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household consumption: 30.2% (2017 est.) government consumption: 16.5% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 16.2% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 1.1% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 230% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -194% (2017 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
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agriculture: 0.3% (2017 est.) industry: 12.8% (2017 est.) services: 86.9% (2017 est.)
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
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34.9 (2017 est.) 26 (2005 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share
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lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)
Imports
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$110.1 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars $108.29 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars $110.28 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Imports - commodities
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cars, refined petroleum, broadcasting equipment, scrap iron, aircraft (2019)
Imports - partners
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Belgium 27%, Germany 24%, France 11%, Netherlands 5% (2019)
Industrial production growth rate
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1.9% (2017 est.)
Industries
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banking and financial services, construction, real estate services, iron, metals, and steel, information technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation and logistics, chemicals, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism, biotechnology
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
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1.7% (2019 est.) 1.5% (2018 est.) 1.7% (2017 est.)
Labor force
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476,000 (2020 est.) note: data exclude foreign workers; in addition to the figure for domestic labor force, about 150,000 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany
Labor force - by occupation
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agriculture: 1.1% industry: 20% services: 78.9% (2013 est.)
Population below poverty line
[time series]
17.5% (2018 est.)
Public debt
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23% of GDP (2017 est.) 20.8% of GDP (2016 est.) note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
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$69.72 billion (2020 est.) $70.64 billion (2019 est.) $69.06 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
Real GDP growth rate
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2.31% (2019 est.) 3.14% (2018 est.) 1.81% (2017 est.)
Real GDP per capita
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$110,300 (2020 est.) $113,900 (2019 est.) $113,600 (2018 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
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$878 million (31 December 2017 est.) $974 million (31 December 2016 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
[time series]
44.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Unemployment rate
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5.36% (2019 est.) 5.46% (2018 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
[time series]
total: 16.9% male: 17.7% female: 16.1% (2021 est.)
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions
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11.308 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 149,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 9.564 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.) from consumed natural gas: 1.594 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
Coal
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production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.) consumption: 65,000 metric tons (2020 est.) exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.) imports: 74,000 metric tons (2020 est.) proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)
Electricity
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installed generating capacity: 1.899 million kW (2020 est.) consumption: 6.188 billion kWh (2020 est.) exports: 1.079 billion kWh (2020 est.) imports: 6.543 billion kWh (2020 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 156 million kWh (2020 est.)
Electricity access
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electrification - total population: 100% (2020)
Electricity generation sources
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fossil fuels: 13.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) solar: 14.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) wind: 27.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) hydroelectricity: 7.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.) biomass and waste: 36.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Energy consumption per capita
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310.068 million Btu/person (2019 est.)
Natural gas
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production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.) consumption: 776.022 million cubic meters (2019 est.) exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.) imports: 772.624 million cubic meters (2019 est.) proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Petroleum
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total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 63,900 bbl/day (2019 est.) crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.) crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports
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0 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Refined petroleum products - imports
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59,020 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production
[time series]
0 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Environment
Air pollutants
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particulate matter emissions: 10.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 8.99 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 0.61 megatons (2020 est.)
Climate
[time series]
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Environment - current issues
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air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution of farmland; unsustainable patterns of consumption (transport, energy, recreation, space) threaten biodiversity and landscapes
International environmental agreements
(Environment - international agreements)
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Land use
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agricultural land: 50.7% (2018 est.) arable land: 24% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 26.1% (2018 est.) forest: 33.5% (2018 est.) other: 15.8% (2018 est.)
Major watersheds (area sq km)
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Atlantic Ocean drainage: Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km)
Revenue from coal
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coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from forest resources
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forest revenues: 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.)
Total renewable water resources
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3.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Total water withdrawal
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municipal: 43.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 1.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 400,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)
Urbanization
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urban population: 92.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Waste and recycling
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municipal solid waste generated annually: 356,000 tons (2015 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 100,997 tons (2015 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28.4% (2015 est.)
Geography
Area
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total: 2,586 sq km land: 2,586 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Rhode Island; about half the size of Delaware
Climate
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modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Coastline
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0 km (landlocked)
Elevation
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highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m lowest point: Moselle River 133 m mean elevation: 325 m
Geographic coordinates
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49 45 N, 6 10 E
Geography - note
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landlocked; the only grand duchy in the world
Irrigated land
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0 sq km (2012)
Land boundaries
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total: 327 km border countries (3): Belgium 130 km; France 69 km; Germany 128 km
Land use
[time series]
agricultural land: 50.7% (2018 est.) arable land: 24% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 26.1% (2018 est.) forest: 33.5% (2018 est.) other: 15.8% (2018 est.)
Location
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Western Europe, between France and Germany
Major watersheds (area sq km)
[time series]
Atlantic Ocean drainage: Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km)
Map references
[time series]
Europe
Maritime claims
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none (landlocked)
Natural hazards
[time series]
occasional flooding
Natural resources
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iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land
Population distribution
[time series]
most people live in the south, on or near the border with France
Terrain
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mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
Government
Administrative divisions
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12 cantons (cantons, singular - canton); Capellen, Clervaux, Diekirch, Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, Mersch, Redange, Remich, Vianden, Wiltz
Capital
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name: Luxembourg geographic coordinates: 49 36 N, 6 07 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: the name derives from the Celtic lucilem (little) and the German burg (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the "little castle"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the city that grew around the fortress
Citizenship
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citizenship by birth: limited to situations where the parents are either unknown, stateless, or when the nationality law of the parents' state of origin does not permit acquisition of citizenship by descent when the birth occurs outside of national territory citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Luxembourg dual citizenship recognized: yes residency requirement for naturalization: 7 years
Constitution
[time series]
history: previous 1842 (heavily amended 1848, 1856); latest effective 17 October 1868 amendments: proposed by the Chamber of Deputies or by the monarch to the Chamber; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Chamber in two successive readings three months apart; a referendum can be substituted for the second reading if approved by more than a quarter of the Chamber members or by 25,000 valid voters; adoption by referendum requires a majority of all valid voters; amended many times, last in 2020
Country name
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conventional long form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg conventional short form: Luxembourg local long form: Grand Duche de Luxembourg local short form: Luxembourg etymology: the name derives from the Celtic "lucilem" (little) and the German "burg" (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the "little castle"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the surrounding city and then to the country itself
Diplomatic representation from the US
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chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas M. BARRETT (since 10 February 2022) embassy: 22 Boulevard Emmanuel Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg City mailing address: 5380 Luxembourg Place, Washington DC 20521-5380 telephone: [352] 46-01-23-00 FAX: [352] 46-14-01 email address and website: Luxembourgconsular@state.gov https://lu.usembassy.gov/
Diplomatic representation in the US
[time series]
chief of mission: Ambassador Nicole BINTNER-BAKSHIAN (since 19 August 2021) chancery: 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265-4171 FAX: [1] (202) 328-8270 email address and website: washington.amb@mae.etat.lu https://washington.mae.lu/en.html consulate(s) general: New York, San Francisco
Executive branch
[time series]
chief of state: Grand Duke HENRI (since 7 October 2000); Heir Apparent Prince GUILLAUME (son of the monarch, born 11 November 1981) head of government: Prime Minister Xavier BETTEL (since 4 December 2013); Deputy Prime Minister Francois BAUSCH (since 11 October 2019); Deputy Prime Minister Daniel KERSCH (since 4 February 2020) cabinet: Council of Ministers recommended by the prime minister, appointed by the monarch elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; following elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime minister appointed by the monarch; prime minister and deputy prime minister are responsible to the Chamber of Deputies
Flag
(Flag description)
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three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker blue and is shorter; the coloring is derived from the Grand Duke's coat of arms (a red lion on a white and blue striped field)
Government type
[time series]
constitutional monarchy
Independence
[time series]
1839 (from the Netherlands)
International law organization participation
[time series]
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
International organization participation
[time series]
ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Judicial branch
[time series]
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice includes Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation (consists of 27 judges on 9 benches); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members) judge selection and term of office: judges of both courts appointed by the monarch for life subordinate courts: Court of Accounts; district and local tribunals and courts
Legal system
[time series]
civil law system
Legislative branch
[time series]
description: unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - a 21-member Council of State appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies elections: last held on 14 October 2018 (next to be held by 31 October 2023) election results: percent of vote by party - CSV 35%, LSAP 16.7%, DP 20%, Green Party 9%, ADR 6.7%, Pirate Party 3.3%, The Left 3.3%; seats by party - CSV 21, DP 12, LSAP 10, Green Party 9, ADR 4, Pirate Party 2, The Left 2; composition (as of September 2021) - men 40, women 20, percent of women 33.3%
National anthem(s)
(National anthem)
[time series]
name: "Ons Heemecht" (Our Motherland); "De Wilhelmus" (The William) lyrics/music: Michel LENTZ/Jean-Antoine ZINNEN; Nikolaus WELTER/unknown note: "Ons Heemecht," adopted 1864, is the national anthem, while "De Wilhelmus," adopted 1919, serves as a royal anthem for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg
National heritage
[time series]
total World Heritage Sites: 1 (cultural) selected World Heritage Site locales: Luxembourg City Old Quarters and Fortifications
National holiday
[time series]
National Day (birthday of Grand Duke HENRI), 23 June; note - this date of birth is not the true date of birth for any of the Royals, but the national festivities were shifted in 1962 to allow observance during a more favorable time of year
National symbol(s)
[time series]
red, rampant lion; national colors: red, white, light blue
Political parties
(Political parties and leaders)
[time series]
Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR [Fred KEUP] Christian Social People's Party or CSV [Claude WISELER] Democratic Party or DP [Corinne CAHEN] Green Party [Djuna BERNARD, Meris SEHOVIC] Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP [Yves CRUCHTEN] The Left (dei Lenk/la Gauche) [collective leadership, Central Committee] Pirate Party [Sven CLEMENT, Marc GOERGEN]
Suffrage
[time series]
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Introduction
Background
[time series]
Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839 but gained a larger measure of autonomy. In 1867, Luxembourg attained full independence under the condition that it promise perpetual neutrality. Overrun by Germany in both world wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the EEC (later the EU), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency zone.
Military and Security
Military - note
[time series]
Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949 in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2022)
Military and security forces
[time series]
Luxembourg Army (l'Arm e Luxembourgeoise) (2022)
Military and security service personnel strengths
[time series]
approximately 900 active personnel (2022)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
[time series]
the inventory of Luxembourg's Army is a small mix of Western-origin equipment; since 2010, it has received equipment from several European countries (2021)
Military expenditures
[time series]
0.6% of GDP (2022 est.) 0.5% of GDP (2021) 0.6% of GDP (2020) 0.5% of GDP (2019) (approximately $420 million) 0.5% of GDP (2018) (approximately $380 million)
Military service age and obligation
[time series]
18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969) (2022) note 1: since 2003, the Army has allowed EU citizens 18-24 years of age who have been a resident in the country for at least 36 months to volunteer note 2: as of 2019, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel
People and Society
Age structure
[time series]
0-14 years: 16.73% (male 54,099/female 51,004) 15-24 years: 11.78% (male 37,946/female 36,061) 25-54 years: 43.93% (male 141,535/female 134,531) 55-64 years: 12.19% (male 39,289/female 37,337) 65 years and over: 15.37% (male 43,595/female 52,984) (2020 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
[time series]
total: 11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) beer: 4.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) wine: 4.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) spirits: 2.14 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Birth rate
[time series]
11.61 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
[time series]
NA
Contraceptive prevalence rate
[time series]
NA
Current health expenditure
[time series]
5.4% of GDP (2019)
Death rate
[time series]
7.21 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Dependency ratios
[time series]
total dependency ratio: 44.2 youth dependency ratio: 23 elderly dependency ratio: 21.3 potential support ratio: 4.7 (2021 est.)
Drinking water source
[time series]
improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 99.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
Education expenditure
(Education expenditures)
[time series]
5% of GDP (2020 est.)
Ethnic groups
[time series]
Luxembourger 52.9%, Portuguese 14.5%, French 7.6%, Italian 3.7%, Belgian 3%, German 2%, Spanish 1.3%, Romania 1%, other 14% (2022 est.) note: data represent population by nationality
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
[time series]
0.2% (2021 est.)
Hospital bed density
[time series]
4.3 beds/1,000 population (2019)
Infant mortality rate
[time series]
total: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.65 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Languages
[time series]
Luxembourgish (official administrative and judicial language and national language (spoken vernacular)) 55.8%, Portuguese 15.7%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 12.1%, German (official administrative and judicial language) 3.1%, Italian 2.9%, English 2.1%, other 8.4% (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
[time series]
total population: 82.98 years male: 80.52 years female: 85.58 years (2022 est.)
Literacy
[time series]
total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Major urban areas - population
[time series]
120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)
Maternal mortality ratio
[time series]
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Median age
[time series]
total: 39.5 years male: 38.9 years female: 40 years (2020 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
[time series]
31 years (2020 est.)
Nationality
[time series]
noun: Luxembourger(s) adjective: Luxembourg
Net migration rate
[time series]
12.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
[time series]
22.6% (2016)
Physician density
(Physicians density)
[time series]
3.01 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Population
[time series]
650,364 (2022 est.)
Population distribution
[time series]
most people live in the south, on or near the border with France
Population growth rate
[time series]
1.64% (2022 est.)
Religions
[time series]
Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 70.6%, Muslim 2.3%, other (includes Buddhist, folk religions, Hindu, Jewish) 0.4%, unaffiliated 26.7% (2020 est.)
Sanitation facility access
[time series]
improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 99.9% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0.1% of population total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
[time series]
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2020)
Sex ratio
[time series]
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Tobacco use
[time series]
total: 21.1% (2020 est.) male: 22.4% (2020 est.) female: 19.8% (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
[time series]
1.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Urbanization
[time series]
urban population: 92.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
[time series]
total: 16.9% male: 17.7% female: 16.1% (2021 est.)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international
[time series]
none identified
Refugees and internally displaced persons
[time series]
refugees (country of origin): 6,756 (Ukraine) (as of 25 October 2022) stateless persons: 194 (mid-year 2021)
Transportation
Airports
[time series]
total: 2 (2021)
Airports - with paved runways
[time series]
total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2021)
Airports - with unpaved runways
[time series]
total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2021)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
[time series]
LX
Heliports
[time series]
1 (2021)
Merchant marine
[time series]
total: 153 by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 23, oil tanker 3, other 122 (2021)
National air transport system
[time series]
number of registered air carriers: 4 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 66 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 2,099,102 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7,323,040,000 (2018) mt-km
Pipelines
[time series]
142 km gas, 27 km refined products (2013)
Ports
(Ports and terminals)
[time series]
river port(s): Mertert (Moselle)
Railways
[time series]
total: 275 km (2014) standard gauge: 275 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (275 km electrified)
Roadways
[time series]
total: 2,875 km (2019)
Waterways
[time series]
37 km (2010) (on Moselle River)