Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 14.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Luxembourg stood at 14.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Luxembourg peaked at 16.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1993.
That places Luxembourg 35th 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 50% of the median in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6.6% | — |
| 1986 | 6.9% | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 8.3% | +20.3% |
| 1988 | 7.2% | -13.3% |
| 1989 | 6.2% | -13.9% |
| 1990 | 6.4% | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 6.8% | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 5.8% | -14.7% |
| 1993 | 5.4% | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 7.9% | +46.3% |
| 1995 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 9.2% | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 8.8% | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 10.0% | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 10.2% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 9.2% | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 10.0% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +29.5% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 12.7% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 11.1% | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.0% | 6.2% | 8.3% | 5 |
| 1990s | 7.8% | 5.4% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 8.3% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.2% | 9.8% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 12.7% | 16.0% | 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 50% of the median in Luxembourg?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Luxembourg was 14.4% 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 50% of the median recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 16.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1993.
- How does Luxembourg rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Luxembourg ranks 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.