Poverty & Inequality in Luxembourg

157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Luxembourg.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 33.7% 4th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 52.5% 59th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.4 live births per woman 2023 down 9.9% 194th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,540 kg per hectare 2023 down 7.2% 34th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.8% 73rd
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 224.1% 157th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 40.92 2023 up 13.1% 9th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 40.9% 2023 up 13.1% 9th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 16.9% 89th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.97 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,226.6% 46th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 77th
Gender Inequality Index 0.044 2023 down 41.3% 153rd
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.7% 2023 up 4.2% 114th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0864 2023 down 5.6% 167th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0864 2023 down 5.6% 167th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0886 2023 down 4.6% 206th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 103rd
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 113th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 33.3% 121st
Prosperity gap 0.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 20.0% 123rd
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1644 2023 up 13.8% 142nd
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 112th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.0% 2023 up 7.9% 89th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 117th
Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 up 57.4% 157th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.838 2023 down 0.1% 25th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.838 2023 down 0.1% 25th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.838 2023 down 0.1% 25th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 unchanged 109th
Three metrics of inequality 45.95 2022 down 7.7% 94th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4595 2022 down 7.7% 94th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 659.01 2023 down 7.4% 25th
Income share held by second 20% 12.0% 2023 down 4.0% 62nd
Income share held by third 20% 17.0% 2023 unchanged 36th
Income share held by fourth 20% 23.2% 2023 unchanged 11th
Income share held by highest 20% 40.7% 2023 up 2.5% 75th
Income share held by highest 10% 25.0% 2023 up 3.3% 78th
Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 9.7% 66th
Income share held by lowest 20% 7.1% 2023 down 6.6% 67th
Gini index 33.6 2023 up 5.0% 70th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.4% 2023 up 13.4% 39th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 213,382 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 46.8% 113th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 56.6% 104th
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 14.8% 2025 down 3.3% 29th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.358 2022 down 14.8% 89th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.5% 2025 down 2.6% 12th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.358 2022 down 14.8% 89th
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 6.2% 2025 up 8.8% 33rd
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 56,780 2017 up 6.6% 5th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 18.2% 2025 down 1.1% 28th
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 3.4% 2025 up 36.0% 28th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 34.0% 2022 down 12.4% 96th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 11.0% 2022 down 30.6% 86th
Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 1.7% 2020 up 240.0% 42nd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 20.9% 2020 up 22.2% 22nd
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 42.6% 2024 down 1.3% 3rd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2023 down 4.5% 105th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3359 2023 up 4.9% 67th