ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 58.51 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 58.51 % for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg peaked at 60.5 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 53.86 %, in 1999.
That places Luxembourg 51st out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 54.13 % | — |
| 1998 | 54.04 % | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 53.86 % | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 55.62 % | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 57.64 % | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 57.07 % | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 54.67 % | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 54.82 % | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 54.98 % | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 55.13 % | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 56.31 % | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 58.75 % | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 58.99 % | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 58.43 % | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 58.05 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 57.56 % | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 58.26 % | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 59.41 % | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 59.38 % | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 59.95 % | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 58.58 % | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 57.86 % | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 57.7 % | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 59.15 % | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 60.5 % | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 59.29 % | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 59.62 % | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 58.51 % | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.01 % | 53.86 % | 54.13 % | 3 |
| 2000s | 56.4 % | 54.67 % | 58.99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.52 % | 57.56 % | 59.95 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.41 % | 58.51 % | 60.5 % | 5 |
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- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 5.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0271 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 3,990 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 12.98 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Luxembourg was 58.51 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 60.5 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.86 % in 1999.
- How does Luxembourg rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Luxembourg ranks 51st out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.