Luxembourg — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Luxembourg, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Luxembourg was 2.26% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.72% in 1975. The lowest was -0.06% in 1987 (about -39.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.51% per year.
Luxembourg ranks 120 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Luxembourg sits below it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 79% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 375%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 39 of 49 economies; Ireland (2.21%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2635% in 1988. That is 6% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1963; grown tenfold by 1970. Doubling roughly every 28 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 50th of 63 in 1960 → 42nd of 92 in 1970 → 99th of 106 in 1980 → 103rd of 131 in 1990 → 88th of 163 in 2000 → 123rd of 186 in 2010 → 116th of 178 in 2020 → 105th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.26% | +0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 2.05% | -1.7 pp |
| 2023 | 3.74% | -2.6 pp |
| 2022 | 6.34% | +3.8 pp |
| 2021 | 2.53% | +1.7 pp |
| 2020 | 0.82% | -0.9 pp |
| 2019 | 1.74% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 1.53% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 1.73% | +1.4 pp |
| 2016 | 0.29% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 0.47% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 0.63% | -1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 1.73% | -0.9 pp |
| 2012 | 2.66% | -0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 3.41% | +1.1 pp |
| 2010 | 2.27% | +1.9 pp |
| 2009 | 0.37% | -3.0 pp |
| 2008 | 3.4% | +1.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.31% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 2.67% | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 2.49% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 2.23% | +0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 2.05% | -0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 2.07% | -0.6 pp |
| 2001 | 2.66% | -0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 3.15% | +2.1 pp |
| 1999 | 1.03% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 0.96% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 1.37% | +0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 1.18% | -0.7 pp |
| 1995 | 1.87% | -0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 2.19% | -1.4 pp |
| 1993 | 3.59% | +0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 3.15% | +0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 3.12% | -0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 3.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 1989 | 3.37% | +1.9 pp |
| 1988 | 1.44% | +1.5 pp |
| 1987 | -0.06% | -0.4 pp |
| 1986 | 0.29% | -3.8 pp |
| 1985 | 4.09% | -2.3 pp |
| 1984 | 6.44% | -2.2 pp |
| 1983 | 8.67% | -0.7 pp |
| 1982 | 9.36% | +1.3 pp |
| 1981 | 8.07% | +1.8 pp |
| 1980 | 6.3% | +1.8 pp |
| 1979 | 4.55% | +1.5 pp |
| 1978 | 3.09% | -3.6 pp |
| 1977 | 6.71% | -3.1 pp |
| 1976 | 9.8% | -0.9 pp |
| 1975 | 10.72% | +1.2 pp |
| 1974 | 9.54% | +3.5 pp |
| 1973 | 6.07% | +0.8 pp |
| 1972 | 5.23% | +0.6 pp |
| 1971 | 4.67% | +0.0 pp |
| 1970 | 4.64% | +2.3 pp |
| 1969 | 2.29% | -0.3 pp |
| 1968 | 2.63% | +0.5 pp |
| 1967 | 2.17% | -1.2 pp |
| 1966 | 3.33% | -0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 3.33% | +0.2 pp |
| 1964 | 3.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 1963 | 2.88% | +2.0 pp |
| 1962 | 0.9% | +0.4 pp |
| 1961 | 0.48% | +0.0 pp |
| 1960 | 0.45% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Luxembourg’s Inflation in 1961?
0.48% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Luxembourg’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +402.0% in total — about 2.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.26%; 2024: 2.05%; 2023: 3.74%; 2022: 6.34%; 2021: 2.53%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.