Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 7.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Luxembourg, 1985–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Luxembourg stood at 7.6%. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.5% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Luxembourg peaked at 31.5% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 2021.
That places Luxembourg 118th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 31.5% | — |
| 1986 | 28.0% | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 23.7% | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 19.4% | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 16.2% | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 13.2% | -18.5% |
| 1991 | 13.0% | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 11.2% | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 10.0% | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 13.7% | +37.5% |
| 1995 | 12.7% | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 14.6% | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 13.0% | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 14.1% | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 12.4% | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 12.7% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 8.4% | -26.6% |
| 2003 | 10.0% | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 9.5% | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | +42.8% |
| 2012 | 12.9% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | +34.3% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | +28.5% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -16.8% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -19.5% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 7.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 28% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 7.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 13% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.8% | 16.2% | 31.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 10.0% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 8.4% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 8.8% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 7.6% | 9.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 115 Netherlands 10.8% compare
- 116 Switzerland 10.7% compare
- 117 Iceland 9.9% compare
- 119 Norway 7.0% compare
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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Luxembourg?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Luxembourg was 7.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 31.5% in 1985.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 2021.
- How does Luxembourg rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Luxembourg ranks 118th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.