EU 16.23
· European ranking
19 / 30
Down 7 positions compared with previous year
Luxembourg: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
14.80% of people
EU 16.23 · -1.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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At a glance
Luxembourg performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 14.8% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Luxembourg, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 17.40% in 2020 to 14.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 18.10% in 2024 to 14.80% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Luxembourg, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.