Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 11.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg is 11.3%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 12.8% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg peaked at 40.7% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2021.
Luxembourg ranks 119th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 40.7% | — |
| 1986 | 35.8% | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 30.2% | -15.6% |
| 1988 | 27.9% | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 23.0% | -17.6% |
| 1990 | 20.0% | -13.0% |
| 1991 | 18.6% | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 16.3% | -12.4% |
| 1993 | 15.7% | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 20.1% | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 18.5% | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 18.9% | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 17.5% | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 19.7% | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 16.3% | -17.3% |
| 2000 | 16.1% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 12.8% | -17.9% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 12.5% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 14.9% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 16.6% | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 16.4% | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | +29.9% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | -20.3% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | +20.4% |
| 2018 | 16.4% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -20.8% |
| 2022 | 12.9% | +31.6% |
| 2023 | 11.3% | -12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.5% | 23.0% | 40.7% | 5 |
| 1990s | 18.2% | 15.7% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.9% | 12.1% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 14.1% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 9.8% | 12.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More poverty & inequality data for Luxembourg
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Luxembourg was 11.3% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 40.7% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2021.
- How does Luxembourg rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Luxembourg ranks 119th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.