Luxembourg vs Portugal: Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education

Luxembourg
0.2226 compared to formal wage employees
in 2018
Portugal
0.2374 compared to formal wage employees
in 2018
Luxembourg rank
13th
Portugal rank
11th

Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Portugal
00.20.4200420112018

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.2374 compared to formal wage employees against 0.2226 compared to formal wage employees in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0148 compared to formal wage employees.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Portugal ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 13th and Portugal ranks 11th of 54 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0206 compared to formal wage employees 0.4223 compared to formal wage employees 0.4017 compared to formal wage employees Portugal
2010s 0.2 compared to formal wage employees 0.2233 compared to formal wage employees 0.0233 compared to formal wage employees Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by education level: tertiary education, Luxembourg or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.2374 compared to formal wage employees against 0.2226 compared to formal wage employees in Luxembourg as of 2018.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by education level: tertiary education between Luxembourg and Portugal?
0.0148 compared to formal wage employees, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Portugal?
12 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.
How do Luxembourg and Portugal rank globally for public sector wage premium, by education level: tertiary education?
Luxembourg ranks 13th and Portugal ranks 11th of 54 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education (compared to formal wage employees). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Luxembourg vs Portugal: Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education. Statizoid. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-education-level-tertiary-education-compared-to-formal-wage/luxembourg/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-education-level-tertiary-education-compared-to-formal-wage/luxembourg/portugal/">Luxembourg vs Portugal: Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by education level: Tertiary education (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 657 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed