Human Development & Quality of Life in Luxembourg
HDI 0.922 · UNDP rank 25 · latest published data
With HDI 0.922 for 2023, Luxembourg sits at rank 25 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the very high human development group. The headline needs context: Gender development sits close to parity on the GDI measure at 0.996 (UNDP group 1). Another part of the dashboard shows that gender inequality is low on the GII scale at 0.044, with UNDP rank 17.
What sits inside Luxembourg's HDI
For Luxembourg, health contributes through life expectancy of 82.2; education through 14.4 expected and 12.6 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $85,461 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI.
Inequality changes the headline
Luxembourg's IHDI adjusts the headline index for inequality in health, education and income outcomes. It describes distribution, so it is not used here as a quality-of-life rating.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
When reading this profile, Luxembourg has additional UNDP measures of GDI 0.996, GII 0.044, PHDI 0.479. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
A separate quality-of-life signal
Luxembourg has a dated OECD life-satisfaction observation of 7.30/10 in 2022. Life satisfaction is shown only as a separate subjective well-being measure.
What Luxembourg's numbers say together
Looking at the published indicators, the complementary evidence for Luxembourg includes IHDI 0.838 with a 9.1% loss; PHDI 0.479 after a 48.0% adjustment; GDI 0.996; life satisfaction 7.30/10 (2022). Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
For 2023, Luxembourg records HDI 0.922 and rank 25 in the UNDP table. The result should be read as a composite of health, schooling and income outcomes.
The IHDI is 0.838, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 9.1% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.996 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
For the current profile, life satisfaction for Luxembourg is shown at 7.30 on the 0-10 scale for 2022. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
Frequently asked questions
What is Luxembourg's HDI?
Luxembourg's 2023 Human Development Index is 0.922, corresponding to UNDP rank 25 in the 2025 report.
How does inequality affect Luxembourg's HDI?
The UNDP inequality adjustment gives Luxembourg an IHDI of 0.838, with an overall loss of 9.1% from the unadjusted HDI.
What is the life satisfaction score shown for Luxembourg?
Luxembourg's cited OECD life-satisfaction value is 7.30 out of 10 for 2022. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is an objective development index based on health, education and income. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI. For a like-for-like reading, preserve the distinction between level and distribution instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Source for the dated 0-10 life-satisfaction observation. This separate measure is not part of HDI.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.