Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.0864 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0864
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
167th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.1571
in 1950
All-time low
0.0846
in 2022
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg stood at 0.0864.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg peaked at 0.1571 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0846, in 2022.
That places Luxembourg 167th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.1571 | — |
| 1951 | 0.1546 | -1.6% |
| 1952 | 0.1517 | -1.8% |
| 1953 | 0.1481 | -2.4% |
| 1954 | 0.1487 | +0.4% |
| 1955 | 0.1403 | -5.7% |
| 1956 | 0.1421 | +1.3% |
| 1957 | 0.1419 | -0.2% |
| 1958 | 0.1354 | -4.6% |
| 1959 | 0.1362 | +0.6% |
| 1960 | 0.124 | -8.9% |
| 1961 | 0.1303 | +5.1% |
| 1962 | 0.1264 | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1262 | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.1252 | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1184 | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 0.131 | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1204 | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 0.1151 | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1145 | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1293 | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1204 | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1168 | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1127 | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1104 | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1098 | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.1117 | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1072 | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1105 | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1061 | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1111 | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.1091 | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1106 | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.1033 | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1112 | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1087 | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0981 | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 0.1011 | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1058 | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1026 | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1061 | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1058 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1042 | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0967 | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0997 | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1036 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0986 | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0998 | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0961 | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0976 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0968 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0972 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0951 | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0953 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0935 | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0944 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0922 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0881 | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0882 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0952 | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0906 | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0907 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0904 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0915 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0884 | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0875 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0869 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0903 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0868 | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0897 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.088 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0885 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0846 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0864 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1456 | 0.1354 | 0.1571 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1231 | 0.1145 | 0.131 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1135 | 0.1061 | 0.1293 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1062 | 0.0981 | 0.1112 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1008 | 0.0961 | 0.1061 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0936 | 0.0881 | 0.0972 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0893 | 0.0868 | 0.0915 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0869 | 0.0846 | 0.0885 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Luxembourg
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.4 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,540 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.99 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 40.92 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 40.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Luxembourg was 0.0864 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1571 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0846 in 2022.
- How does Luxembourg rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Luxembourg ranks 167th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.