Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 8.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg is 8.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.3% on the previous year and up 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg peaked at 8.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1989.
That places Luxembourg 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2.4% | — |
| 1986 | 2.7% | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 1.8% | -28.0% |
| 1989 | 1.4% | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 2.3% | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 2.0% | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 3.5% | +133.3% |
| 1995 | 3.2% | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 4.1% | +28.1% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | -20.5% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +31.4% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | -32.6% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | +28.0% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | +27.5% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 7.8% | +25.6% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | -21.4% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +20.1% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | +24.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 5 |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 1.5% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 4.9% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 6.7% | 8.8% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Luxembourg was 8.8% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1989.
- How does Luxembourg rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Luxembourg ranks 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.5%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.