Luxembourg: Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is down 8.16 percentage points from 39.76% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2015, Luxembourg's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2014 (from 30.84% to 31.6%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2014), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.68 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.49 percentage points in 1983. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2015, Luxembourg had the 6th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Luxembourg in the 2015 ranking

• Nepal — 3rd of 12: 53.77%
• Benin — 4th of 12: 49.81%
• Kenya — 5th of 12: 36.34%
• Pakistan — 7th of 12: 31.05%
• Portugal — 8th of 12: 28.96%
• Ethiopia — 9th of 12: 27.45%

What this measures

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 22 values

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Andorra — 21.42% (2018)
• Austria — 16.6% (2016)
• Belgium — 23.81% (2016)
• Cyprus — 32.75% (2016)
• Czechia — 13.24% (2016)
• Estonia — 24.97% (2016)
• Finland — 20.51% (2016)
• Germany — 12.92% (2016)

More education data for Luxembourg

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 92.2% (2020)
• Primary education, pupils — 43,020 (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 53,672 (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 32,144 (2017)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
• Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Luxembourg's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

31.6% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 8.16 percentage points from 39.76% in 1970. The highest value was 63.49% in 1982 and the lowest 30.84% in 2014.

How does Luxembourg rank?

6th highest of 12 economies with data for 2015.

Is the latest change in expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Luxembourg?

In 2015, Luxembourg's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2014 (from 30.84% to 31.6%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2014), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.19 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.PRIM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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