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General Information

Region		Western Europe
Population (000, 2021)		635^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		245.1^a
Capital city		Luxembourg
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		119.8^c
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		2 586^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.4^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	53 212	57 744	71 105^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.9	4.3	2.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	104 771.9	101 888.6	115 480.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	0.3	0.2	0.2^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	12.7	12.2	12.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	87	87.5	87.3^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	1.1	1	1^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	13.3	12.5	11.5^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	85.6	86.4	87.5^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.4	6.7	5.2^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	48.8 / 65.4	53.6 / 65.2	55.1 / 63.7^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	109	116^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	91	102	111^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	13 911	12 626	13 442^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	20 400	19 296	20 610^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 6 489	- 6 671	- 7 167^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	3 268	2 949	2 999^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	2.1	2.2	2^d
Urban population (% of total population)	88.5	90.2	91.2^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	2.5	2.6	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.6	1.5	1.4^d
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.2 / 76.7	83.4 / 78.8	84.2 / 79.8^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.6 / 19.0	16.4 / 19.1	15.6 / 20.3^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	163.1 / 32.1	248.9 / 43.9	298.1 / 47.6^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4.1^l	2.1	4.5^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	2.3	3.4	2.9^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7	5.3	5.3^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.8	2.9	3^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	3.9	3.6^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.1 / 97.1	98.9 / 99.0	102.0 / 104.5^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.8 / 99.8	104.2 / 100.5	105.4 / 103.3^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.3 / 88.5	97.3 / 92.0	99.0 / 92.2^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2	0.9	0.3^m
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	20	28.3	31.7ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	90.6^o	96.4	97.1^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.5	1.3	1.2^p,c
Threatened species (number)	5	9	17
Forested area (% of land area)	36.5	36.5	36.5^c
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	10.7 / 21.0	8.8 / 15.5	9.2 / 14.8^b
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	5	6	9^c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	351	278	273^c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q,r (000)	805	1 090	1 018^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	77.4	77.9	82.4^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	99.7 / 100.0	99.7 / 98.0	99.7 / 96.5^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	93.3 / 85.7	96.4 / 88.4	97.5 / 89.3^d
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^s (% of GNI)	1.05	0.95	1^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
p		Provisional data.
q		Non-resident tourists staying in all types of accommodation establishments.
r		Including youth hostels, tourist private accommodation and others.
s		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).