Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3359 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Luxembourg, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Luxembourg is 0.3359, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Luxembourg peaked at 0.3537 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.263, in 1985.
Luxembourg ranks 66th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.263 | — |
| 1986 | 0.2811 | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2955 | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 0.2884 | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3081 | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 0.2772 | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2718 | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.273 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2705 | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.2815 | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2835 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.2906 | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.296 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3062 | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.3005 | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.301 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3093 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3107 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3019 | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3017 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3084 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3095 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3113 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3256 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.312 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.305 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3205 | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3435 | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3204 | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3116 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3292 | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3173 | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.3452 | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3537 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3424 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3337 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3272 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3409 | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3359 | -1.5% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 0.3359 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 0.3359 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2872 | 0.263 | 0.3081 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.2851 | 0.2705 | 0.3062 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3091 | 0.301 | 0.3256 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3289 | 0.305 | 0.3537 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3344 | 0.3272 | 0.3409 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Luxembourg?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Luxembourg was 0.3359 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3537 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.263 in 1985.
- How does Luxembourg rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Luxembourg ranks 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.