Language

Official language
French, German, Luxembourgish

T-index
0.051%

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Languages in the workplace
French is the most common language in the workplace, corresponding to 78% of the population using the language at work. English follows with 51% and Luxembourgish ranks in third place with 48%.

Most studied languages
English, Italian, Spanish

English
Moderate proficiency (EF) – 16 of 111 countries/regions in the world- 14/35 position in Europe.

Demography

Capital: Luxembourg
Currency: Euro
Population: 640,06 m
Population density: 245/km2

Economy

GDP: 85.51 billion USD (2021)
GDP per capita: 133,590.1 USD ‎(2021) ‎
Exports: $15.1 billion (2020)

Statistics

Internet users: 99% penetration, 632.2 thousands Unemployment rate: 5.3% (2021)
Urbanisation: 91.67% (2020)
Literacy: 99.15 % (2020)

Conventions

Numbering system
Arabic numerals with comma as decimal separator, space or dot as thousands separator.

Date format: yyyy-mm-dd
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 00352

Economy

Imports
$22.4 billion (2020).  Cars ($2.09B), Refined Petroleum ($1.07B), Packaged Medicaments ($554M), Scrap Iron ($532M), and Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($512M), importing mostly from Germany ($5.86B), Belgium ($5.48B), France ($2.17B), Netherlands ($1.3B), and China ($835M).

Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of  age)
• 99% have an account with a financial institution
• 70% have a credit card
• 76% make online purchases

Ease of doing business
It is easy to conduct business (rated 72.9 out of 100) ranked 33rd out of 34 OECD and high-income countries ranked 72nd out of 190 countries worldwide (2022, World Bank)

Global Innovation Index
Ranked 18th out of 39 European countries, 29th out of 132 worldwide.

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ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.

Exports
$15.5 billion (2020).  Iron Blocks ($821M), Cars ($619M), Rubber Tires ($555M), Iron Sheet Piling ($400M), and Cellulose Fibers Paper ($366M), exporting mostly to Germany ($3.46B), France ($2.55B), Belgium ($1.78B), Netherlands ($943M), and Italy ($580M).

Main local online stores
Amazon.it, Apple.com, Zalando.it, Privalia.com, Esselungacasa.it, Shein.com, Unieuro.it, Eprice.it, Yoox.com, Amazon.com

Economic freedom
‘Moderately free’ (rated 65.4 out of 100) ranked 33rd amongst 45 countries in Europe ranked 57th worldwide out of 186 countries (2019, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal)

Media

Media language
Italian

Information channels
ILuxembourg exerts immense media clout and has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services for pan-European audiences, including those in France, Germany and the UK. Media group RTL is behind much of this activity. Its outlets have been a part of the broadcasting landscape in France and Germany for decades. Generations of British listeners grew up with Radio Luxembourg, which beamed pop music programmes into the UK. “The Great 208” is no more, but RTL is still a key player in media markets across Europe.  Luxembourg’s media empire extends to the skies. It is home to Europe’s largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES), which operates the Astra fleet. RTL and other privately-owned radios and TVs cater for domestic audiences. The constitution guarantees freedom of speech and of the press. Print media are privately owned and reflect diverse viewpoints.

The press

Letzebuerger Journal
Luxemburger Wort
Tageblatt

Television

RTL Tele Letzebuerg – RTL’s domestic network
Nordliicht TV – station for northern Luxembourg

Radio

RTL Radio Letzebuerg – RTL’s domestic network
Radio ARA – variety of music, some English-language programmes
EldoRadio – pop music
Honnert,7 (100.7) – public, cultural

Internet Data

Internet users
99% penetration, 532.2 thousands

Share of web traffic by device
46.59% mobile phones, 50.32% computers (laptops and desktops), 3.06% tablet devices, others 0.03%

Median speed of mobile Internet connection
76.05 Mbps

Average speed of fixed Internet connection
91.52 Mbps

Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 134.8%

Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 94.6%

Most popular web search engines
Google (90.92%), Bing (4.35%), Duckduckgo (2.31%), Yandex (1.02%), Yahoo (0.64%), Ecosia (0.32%),

Most used social media
Facebook (68.1%),  Instagram (8.2%), Pinterest (11.05%), Twitter (9.1%),  YouTube (1.76%), Reddit (0.59%)

Social statistics

Life expectancy
82 yrs (2020)

Health expenditure
5.37 % of GDP  

Average age of the population
39.7 yrs

Graduates (tertiary education):
In Luxembourg, a master’s or equivalent degree is the commonest tertiary qualification: 22% of 25- 64 year-olds have a master’s degree; above the OECD average of 13%. In addition to first master’s programmes, students in Luxembourg are more likely to enrol in a second master’s. Among master’s and bachelor’s students in Luxembourg, 26% enrol in a master following a bachelor, double the OECD average and 15% enrol in second or further degree programmes, the highest rate among countries with available data, while the OECD average stands at 1%.