Luxembourg

total: 250,000 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2022 est.)

long national tradition of operating radio and TV services for pan-European audiences; 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, Soci t Europ enne 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

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percent of population: 99% (2024 est.)

total subscriptions: 260,000 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40 (2022 est.)

total subscriptions: 961,000 (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 137 (2021 est.)

milk, wheat, barley, triticale, potatoes, pork, grapes, beef, rye, rapeseed (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage

revenues: $37.951 billion (2023 est.) expenditures: $38.263 billion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated

$12.877 billion (2024 est.) $9.861 billion (2023 est.) $7.509 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars

high-income EU and eurozone economy; global, highly capitalized banking sector; one of highest GDP-per-capita countries; strengthened domestic demand and lower interest rates contributing to economic growth; challenges include pension-system sustainability, labor-market dynamics, and energy price volatility

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.924 (2024 est.) 0.925 (2023 est.) 0.95 (2022 est.) 0.845 (2021 est.) 0.876 (2020 est.)

$202.203 billion (2024 est.) $195.294 billion (2023 est.) $184.53 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars

iron blocks, gas turbines, plastic products, rubber tires, plastics (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars

Germany 18%, France 15%, Belgium 8%, Netherlands 7%, Italy 6% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports

$93.197 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate

household consumption: 31.6% (2023 est.) government consumption: 18.6% (2023 est.) investment in fixed capital: 16.1% (2023 est.) investment in inventories: 1.3% (2023 est.) exports of goods and services: 217.8% (2023 est.) imports of goods and services: -186.7% (2023 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection

agriculture: 0.2% (2024 est.) industry: 9% (2024 est.) services: 81.9% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data

34.1 (2022 est.) note: index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality

lowest 10%: 2.9% (2022 est.) highest 10%: 25.6% (2022 est.) note: % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population

$160.032 billion (2024 est.) $156.818 billion (2023 est.) $149.751 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars

cars, refined petroleum, electricity, plastic products, gas turbines (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars

Belgium 26%, Germany 23%, France 10%, Netherlands 5%, USA 4% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports

-1.1% (2024 est.) note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency

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

2.1% (2024 est.) 3.7% (2023 est.) 6.3% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices

350,000 (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

17.3% (2021 est.) note: % of population with income below national poverty line

23% of GDP (2017 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

$86.871 billion (2024 est.) $85.984 billion (2023 est.) $86.584 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars

1% (2024 est.) -0.7% (2023 est.) -1.1% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency

$128,200 (2024 est.) $129,000 (2023 est.) $132,600 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars

2.6% of GDP (2024 est.) 2.8% of GDP (2023 est.) 2.8% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities

$2.789 billion (2024 est.) $2.977 billion (2023 est.) $2.874 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars

27.2% (of GDP) (2023 est.) note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP

6% (2024 est.) 5.2% (2023 est.) 4.6% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment

total: 20.2% (2024 est.) male: 16.9% (2024 est.) female: 24.2% (2024 est.) note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment

consumption: 34,000 metric tons (2023 est.) exports: 30.2 metric tons (2022 est.) imports: 34,000 metric tons (2023 est.)

installed generating capacity: 2.212 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 5.87 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 1.188 billion kWh (2023 est.) imports: 6.39 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 141.867 million kWh (2023 est.)

electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)

fossil fuels: 10.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 37.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 55.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: -35.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) note: Luxembourg has negative net hydroelectric power generation based on losses from use of pumped storage hydropower biomass and waste: 32.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

224.651 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

consumption: 556.63 million cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 552.714 million cubic meters (2023 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 51,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)

8.715 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 75,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 7.496 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 1.144 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

air and water pollution in urban areas; soil pollution of farmland

total global geoparks and regional networks: 1 global geoparks and regional networks: M llerdall (2023)

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

agricultural land: 51.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 23.8% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.6% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 27.1% (2023 est.) forest: 34.5% (2023 est.) other: 13.9% (2023 est.)

9.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)

3.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

municipal: 43.53 million cubic meters (2022 est.) industrial: 1.83 million cubic meters (2022 est.) agricultural: 490,000 cubic meters (2022 est.)

urban population: 92.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

municipal solid waste generated annually: 490,300 tons (2024 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 42% (2022 est.)

total : 2,586 sq km land: 2,586 sq km water: 0 sq km

slightly smaller than Rhode Island; about half the size of Delaware

modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

0 km (landlocked)

highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m lowest point: Moselle River 133 m mean elevation: 325 m

49 45 N, 6 10 E

landlocked

0 sq km (2012)

total: 327 km border countries (3): Belgium 130 km; France 69 km; Germany 128 km

agricultural land: 51.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 23.8% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.6% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 27.1% (2023 est.) forest: 34.5% (2023 est.) other: 13.9% (2023 est.)

Western Europe, between France and Germany

Atlantic Ocean drainage: Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km)

Europe

none (landlocked)

occasional flooding

iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land

most people live in the south, on or near the border with France

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

12 cantons; Capellen, Clervaux, Diekirch, Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, Mersch, Redange, Remich, Vianden, Wiltz

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: probably derived from an early Celtic or Germanic form of the name, Lucilinburhuc, that was thought to mean "little fortress;" the name first referred to the city and was later used for the country

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

history: previous 1842 (heavily amended 1848, 1856); latest effective 17 October 1868 amendment process: 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

conventional long form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg conventional short form: Luxembourg local long form: Grand Duch de Luxembourg local short form: Luxembourg etymology: probably derived from an early Celtic or Germanic form of the name, Lucilinburhuc, that was thought to mean "little fortress;" the name first referred to the city and was later used for the country

chief of mission: Ambassador Stacey FEINBERG (since 13 November 2025) 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/

chief of mission: Ambassador Nicole BINTNER-BAKSHIAN (since 15 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

chief of state: Grand Duke GUILLAUME (since 3 October 2025) head of government: Prime Minister Luc FRIEDEN (since 17 November 2023) cabinet: Council of Ministers recommended by the prime minister, appointed by the monarch election/appointment process: the monarchy is hereditary; following elections to the Chamber of Deputies, monarch usually appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition as prime minister; deputy prime minister also appointed by the monarch; prime minister and deputy prime minister are responsible to the Chamber of Deputies

description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue history: the colors are derived from the Grand Duke's coat of arms note: similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which is shorter and uses a darker blue

constitutional monarchy

1839 (from the Netherlands)

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

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, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

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

civil law system

legislature name: Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des députés) legislative structure: unicameral number of seats: 60 (all directly elected) electoral system: proportional representation scope of elections: full renewal term in office: 5 years most recent election date: 10/8/2023 parties elected and seats per party: Christian Social People's Party (CSV) (21); Democratic Party (PD/DP) (14); Socialist Workers' Party (POSL/LSAP) (11); Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) (5); Greens (DEI GRÉNG) (4); Pirate Party (PIRATEN) (3); Other (2) percentage of women in chamber: 35% expected date of next election: October 2028 note: a 21-member Council of State is appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister and serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies

title: "Ons Heemecht" (Our Motherland) lyrics/music: Michel LENTZ/Jean-Antoine ZINNEN history: adopted 1864 _____ title: De Wilhelmus (The William) lyrics/music: Nikolaus WELTER history: adopted 1919; royal anthem, for use when members of the grand ducal family enter or exit a ceremony in Luxembourg

red, white, light blue

total World Heritage Sites: 1 (cultural) selected World Heritage Site locales: Luxembourg City Old Quarters and Fortifications

National Day (birthday of Grand Duke HENRI), 23 June note: this 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

red rampant lion

Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR Christian Social People's Party or CSV Democratic Party or DP Green Party Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP Pirate Party The Left (dei Lenk/la Gauche)

18 years of age; universal and compulsory

Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and a constituent part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Congress of Vienna. When Belgium declared independence from the Netherlands in 1839, Luxembourg lost more than half of its territory to Belgium but gained a larger measure of autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Luxembourg gained full independence in 1867 by promising to remain permanently neutral. Overrun by Germany in both world wars, its neutrality ended in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and 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.

founded in 1881, the Luxembourg Army is responsible for the defense of the country and fulfilling the Grand Duchy s commitments to NATO, European security, and international peacekeeping, as well as providing support to civil authorities in the event of emergencies, such as floods or disease outbreaks; the Army is an active participant in EU, NATO, and UN missions and has contributed small numbers of troops to a number of multinational operations in parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia; it trains and exercises regularly with EU and NATO partners and has contributed to the NATO battlegroup forward deployed in Lithuania since 2017; Luxembourg was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) establishing NATO 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 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2025)

Luxembourg Army (l'Arm e Luxembourgeoise) (2025) note: the Grand Ducal Police maintain internal security and report to the Ministry of Internal Security

approximately 900 active military personnel (2025)

the Luxembourg Army has a small mix of Western origin equipment (2025)

2% of GDP (2025 est.) 1.2% of GDP (2024 est.) 1.1% of GDP (2023 est.) 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.) 0.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969) (2025) 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: 2024, women made up about 12% of the military's full-time personnel

0-14 years: 16.7% (male 57,921/female 54,484) 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 231,214/female 219,497) 65 years and over: 16.1% (2024 est.) (male 49,567/female 58,571)

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.)

9.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

51.1% (2022 est.)

6.66 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

total dependency ratio: 46.6 (2024 est.) youth dependency ratio: 23.2 (2024 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 23.4 (2024 est.) potential support ratio: 4.3 (2024 est.)

urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) rural: 98.6% of population (2022 est.) total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) rural: 1.4% of population (2022 est.) total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

3.7% of GDP (2022 est.) 8.5% national budget (2022 est.)

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

0.62 (2025 est.)

5.5% of GDP (2022) 11% of national budget (2022 est.)

4.2 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)

total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Luxembourgish (official administrative, judicial, and national language) 48.9%, Portuguese 15.4%, French (official administrative, judicial, and legislative language) 14.9%, Italian 3.6%, English 3.6%, German (official administrative and judicial language) 2.9%, other 10.8% (2021 est.)

total population: 83.4 years (2024 est.) male: 80.9 years female: 85.9 years

120,000 LUXEMBOURG (capital) (2018)

12 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)

total: 40.1 years (2025 est.) male: 39.4 years female: 40.4 years

31 years (2020 est.)

noun: Luxembourger(s) adjective: Luxembourg

10.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

22.6% (2016)

2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

total: 671,254 (2024 est.) male: 338,702 female: 332,552

most people live in the south, on or near the border with France

1.26% (2025 est.)

Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 70.6%, Muslim 2.3%, other (includes Buddhist, folk religions, Hindu, Jewish) 0.4%, unaffiliated 26.7% (2020 est.)

urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) rural: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) total: 100% of population (2022 est.) urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) rural: 0.1% of population (2022 est.) total: 0% of population (2022 est.)

total: 14 years (2022 est.) male: 14 years (2022 est.) female: 15 years (2022 est.)

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

total: 21% (2025 est.) male: 22.1% (2025 est.) female: 19.9% (2025 est.)

1.25 children born/woman (2025 est.)

urban population: 92.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

1980s - began creating a satellite telecommunications infrastructure for Europe 2014 - first privately built probe to successfully fly by the Moon (launched by China) 2018 - developed communications satellite (GOVSAT-1) to support the EU s secure communications and space situational awareness program (GOVSATCOM) 2020 - signed US-led Artemis Accords for space exploration and agreed to join the Moon exploration mission 2021 - launched Luxembourg s Quantum Communications Infrastructure project (LuxQCI) in support of the EU s Quantum Communications Infrastructure (EuroQCI) 2025 - launched the Luxembourg Earth Observation System (LUXEOSys) satellite, part of a national space-based remote sensing program

the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA; established 2018) (2025)

Luxembourg Space Agency was established in 2018 to develop space policy, encourage and coordinate commercial space ventures, support space education, and promote the country s space-related capabilities internationally; has a national space strategy; has set up policy and funding initiatives (such as LuxIMPULSE) to encourage research, development, innovation, and entrepreneurship and attract space-based industries; focuses on developing commercial satellites and infrastructure, as well as other capabilities and technologies; hosts some of the largest commercial satellite companies in the world; member of the ESA since 2005 and participates in a variety of ESA programs; cooperates bilaterally with individual ESA and EU member states; also works with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UAE, and the US (2025)

refugees: 14,344 (2024 est.) stateless persons: 85 (2024 est.)

3 (2025)

LX

11 (2025)

total: 147 (2023) by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 24, oil tanker 4, other 115

total: 271 km (2020) 262 km electrified