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Luxembourg — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Luxembourg, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.34%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +328.0% since 1991
Unemployment for Luxembourg was 6.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.80% in 2015. The lowest was 1.48% in 1991 (about 4.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.37% per year.
Luxembourg ranks 72 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Luxembourg sits above it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.34%
First (1991)
1.48%
Change
+328.0%
Highest
6.80%
in 2015
Lowest
1.48%
in 1991
Average
4.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.37%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.34% |
| 2024 | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 5.18% |
| 2022 | 4.59% |
| 2021 | 5.57% |
| 2020 | 6.77% |
| 2019 | 5.59% |
| 2018 | 5.59% |
| 2017 | 5.52% |
| 2016 | 6.67% |
| 2015 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 6.04% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.