Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education in Luxembourg

Luxembourg: Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education was 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.4243 compared to formal wage employees
Change on year
up 20.3%
World rank
4th
of 54 countries
All-time high
0.4243 compared to formal wage employees
in 2018
All-time low
0.1023 compared to formal wage employees
in 2009
Years of data
15
2004–2018

Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education in Luxembourg, 2004–2018

0.10.20.30.42004201120182004: 0.292 compared to formal wage employees2005: 0.279 compared to formal wage employees2006: 0.311 compared to formal wage employees2007: 0.297 compared to formal wage employees2008: 0.195 compared to formal wage employees2009: 0.102 compared to formal wage employees2010: 0.302 compared to formal wage employees2011: 0.275 compared to formal wage employees2012: 0.292 compared to formal wage employees2013: 0.358 compared to formal wage employees2014: 0.278 compared to formal wage employees2015: 0.24 compared to formal wage employees2016: 0.342 compared to formal wage employees2017: 0.353 compared to formal wage employees2018: 0.424 compared to formal wage employees

Source: World Bank. Measured in compared to formal wage employees.

Analysis

Luxembourg recorded 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees for public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education in 2018. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.3% on the previous year and up 117.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education in Luxembourg peaked at 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1023 compared to formal wage employees, in 2009.

That places Luxembourg 4th out of 54 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2461 compared to formal wage employees 0.1023 compared to formal wage employees 0.3111 compared to formal wage employees 6
2010s 0.3184 compared to formal wage employees 0.2403 compared to formal wage employees 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees 9

Countries ranked near Luxembourg

  1. 1 Sri Lanka 0.7886 compared to formal wage employees compare
  2. 2 Namibia 0.563 compared to formal wage employees compare
  3. 3 Zambia 0.5548 compared to formal wage employees compare
  4. 5 Costa Rica 0.4101 compared to formal wage employees compare
  5. 6 Türkiye 0.3677 compared to formal wage employees compare
  6. 7 Cyprus 0.3548 compared to formal wage employees compare

See the full ranking of 54 places →

More reference data data for Luxembourg

All data for Luxembourg →

Frequently asked questions

What is public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education in Luxembourg?
Public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education in Luxembourg was 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education recorded in Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 0.4243 compared to formal wage employees in 2018.
What is the lowest public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education recorded in Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1023 compared to formal wage employees in 2009.
How does Luxembourg rank for public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education?
Luxembourg ranks 4th out of 54 countries with data for 2018.
Is public sector wage premium, by education level: primary education rising or falling in Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is up 117.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education (compared to formal wage employees). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education in Luxembourg. Statizoid. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/public-sector-wage-premium-by-education-level-primary-education-compared-to-formal-wage/luxembourg/

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/stat/public-sector-wage-premium-by-education-level-primary-education-compared-to-formal-wage/luxembourg/">Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary education in Luxembourg</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by education level: Primary 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, 652 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed