LUXEMBOURG

Capital Luxembourg-Ville
Area (km2) 2 586
Total population (thousands, 2017) 596
Population density (per km2) 231
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.statec.public.lu
Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2017 8%
   hourly wage, 2017 5%
Women in part-time employment, 2017
   percentage of employed women 35%
Female tertiary students, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 51%
Female victims of homicide, 2006
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Women researchers, 2015
   percentage of total for both sexes 29%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 84.4
   males, years 79.9
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 21.7
   males, years 18.6
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 4.2
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 30.7
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.8
2.6
2.6
3.0
3.4
3.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.9
6.0
6.5
6.3
5.6
5.5
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
15.5
22.6
17.3
18.9
15.4
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2018 69 377
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 113 956
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 211.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 175.5
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 52 902
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2018 0.866
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 33
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 46
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 275
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 165
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 2 001
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 59
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 418
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 207
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2012 6 550