Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Luxembourg

Gross tertiary enrolment in Luxembourg was 22.4% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Luxembourg, 2024 22.4% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 21.5%
European Union, 2024 79.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 77.8% Middle value of 16 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Luxembourg over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period LuxembourgEuropean Union
2024 22.4% 79.5%
2023 21.5% 79.5%
2022 21.0% 79.6%
2021 20.7% 77.9%
2020 20.0% 75.0%
2019 19.4% 74.0%
2018 19.4% 72.9%
2017 19.6% 71.8%
2016 19.9% 70.5%
2015 20.3% 69.8%
2014 – 68.7%
2013 – 67.6%
2012 19.1% 67.4%
2011 – 67.5%
2010 18.2% 66.9%
2009 – 65.6%
2008 10.7% 64.5%
2007 – 63.5%
2006 9.9% 62.8%
2005 – 61.6%
2004 – 60.0%
2003 12.1% 58.0%
2002 11.6% 55.7%
2001 9.9% 53.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 21.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 19.1%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 79.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Luxembourg
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics