Luxembourg — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Luxembourg, 1991–2025.
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%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 20 of 49 economies; Channel Islands (6.17%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 49% in 1994. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1991 level: doubled by 1994. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 169th of 187 in 1991 → 168th of 187 in 2000 → 130th of 187 in 2010 → 87th of 187 in 2020 → 67th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.34% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +1.2 pp |
| 2023 | 5.18% | +0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 4.59% | -1.0 pp |
| 2021 | 5.57% | -1.2 pp |
| 2020 | 6.77% | +1.2 pp |
| 2019 | 5.59% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 5.59% | +0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 5.52% | -1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 6.67% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 6.8% | +0.8 pp |
| 2014 | 6.04% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 6.05% | +1.0 pp |
| 2012 | 5.03% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 5.12% | +0.7 pp |
| 2010 | 4.42% | -0.8 pp |
| 2009 | 5.19% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 5.06% | +1.0 pp |
| 2007 | 4.07% | -0.7 pp |
| 2006 | 4.73% | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 4.49% | -0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 5.11% | +1.4 pp |
| 2003 | 3.68% | +1.1 pp |
| 2002 | 2.62% | +0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 1.81% | -0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 2.35% | -0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 2.39% | -0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 2.76% | +0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 2.53% | -0.8 pp |
| 1996 | 3.29% | +0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 2.92% | -0.6 pp |
| 1994 | 3.48% | +1.1 pp |
| 1993 | 2.33% | +0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 2.03% | +0.5 pp |
| 1991 | 1.48% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Luxembourg’s Unemployment in 1992?
2.03% (1992). 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 % of total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Luxembourg’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +328.0% in total — about 4.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. 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: 6.34%; 2024: 6.4%; 2023: 5.18%; 2022: 4.59%; 2021: 5.57%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.