Productivity: output per hour worked in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Productivity: output per hour worked was 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023. ▲ Rising
Productivity: output per hour worked in Luxembourg, 1970–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour for productivity: output per hour worked in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, productivity: output per hour worked in Luxembourg peaked at 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2021 and was at its lowest, 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour, in 1971.
Luxembourg ranks 7th of 130 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 42.56 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.65 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 41.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 54.03 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.31 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 54.89 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 74.6 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.04 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 65.2 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 79.95 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 66.83 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 90.23 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.98 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 4 Denmark 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 5 Austria 84.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 6 Netherlands 84.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 8 Belgium 84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 9 United States 83.53 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 10 Germany 82.5 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
More work & labour data for Luxembourg
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 65.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 35.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 74.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 71.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is productivity: output per hour worked in Luxembourg?
- Productivity: output per hour worked in Luxembourg was 84.76 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest productivity: output per hour worked recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 91.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2021.
- What is the lowest productivity: output per hour worked recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 1971.
- How does Luxembourg rank for productivity: output per hour worked?
- Luxembourg ranks 7th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is productivity: output per hour worked rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Productivity: output per hour worked. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.