Hours of work needed … jobless family claiming minimum income benefits in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Hours of work needed … jobless family claiming minimum income benefits was 8 Hours per week in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to in Luxembourg, 2001–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Hours per week.
Analysis
The most recent figure for hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Luxembourg is 8 Hours per week, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.3% on the previous year and up 300.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Luxembourg peaked at 25 Hours per week in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2 Hours per week, in 2009.
That places Luxembourg 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Hours of work needed … jobless family claiming minimum income benefits in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Hours per week | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 23 Hours per week | — |
| 2002 | 24 Hours per week | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 24 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 25 Hours per week | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 25 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24 Hours per week | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 24 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 Hours per week | -91.7% |
| 2010 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22 Hours per week | +1000.0% |
| 2017 | 24 Hours per week | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 3 Hours per week | -87.5% |
| 2019 | 12 Hours per week | +300.0% |
| 2020 | 22 Hours per week | +83.3% |
| 2021 | 23 Hours per week | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 23 Hours per week | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 17 Hours per week | -26.1% |
| 2024 | 11 Hours per week | -35.3% |
| 2025 | 8 Hours per week | -27.3% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 8 Hours per week is below the median for high income countries, which is 20 Hours per week, 40% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 8 Hours per week is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20 Hours per week, 40% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hours of work needed … jobless family claiming minimum income benefits in Luxembourg changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +1000.0% | 2 Hours per week | 22 Hours per week |
| 2019 | +300.0% | 3 Hours per week | 12 Hours per week |
| 2009 | -91.7% | 24 Hours per week | 2 Hours per week |
| 2018 | -87.5% | 24 Hours per week | 3 Hours per week |
| 2020 | +83.3% | 12 Hours per week | 22 Hours per week |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.67 Hours per week | 2 Hours per week | 25 Hours per week | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.3 Hours per week | 2 Hours per week | 24 Hours per week | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.33 Hours per week | 8 Hours per week | 23 Hours per week | 6 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More economy & growth data for Luxembourg
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 262.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.47 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0207 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 3,041 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.1234 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0151 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 2,220 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.62 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Luxembourg?
- Hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to in Luxembourg was 8 Hours per week in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 25 Hours per week in 2004.
- What is the lowest hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 Hours per week in 2009.
- How does Luxembourg rank for hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to?
- Luxembourg ranks 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2025.
- Is hours of work needed to escape poverty — working hours needed to rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 300.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Hours of work needed to escape poverty — Working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator measures the working hours needed to escape poverty for a jobless family claiming minimum income benefits. Calculations for families with children assume 2 children aged 4 and 6 who do not use formal childcare.