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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Luxembourg: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Luxembourg is placed 4th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 82.23 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 2.182 (2024).
Share
Health & Wellbeing
4th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 82.23Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 2.182Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- 0.6Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Luxembourg on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
82.23
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Luxembourg: 82.23. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Western Europe
- 86.37 Monaco
- Land neighbours
- Belgium 82.11 · Germany 81.38 · France 83.33
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
2.182
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Luxembourg: 2.182. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Western Europe
- 2.182 Luxembourg
- Land neighbours
- Belgium 3.721 · Germany 3.711 · France 4.343
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Luxembourg, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Western Europe
- 1.281 Germany
- Land neighbours
- Belgium 1.9 · Germany 1.281
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
0.6
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Luxembourg: 0.6. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Western Europe
- 0.6 Luxembourg
- Land neighbours
- Belgium 3 · Germany 1.1 · France 3.3
02Over time
Which way Luxembourg is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
LuxembourgWorld median
Luxembourg rose from 77.26 in 2000 to 82.23 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Luxembourg World median 2023 82.229 74.630 2022 82.201 74.313 2021 81.839 72.433 2020 81.411 73.063 2019 81.588 74.196 2018 81.519 74.081 2017 81.089 74.029 2016 81.620 74.013 2015 81.256 73.783 2014 81.236 73.330 2013 80.854 73.386 2012 80.438 73.210 2011 80.285 73.003 2010 80.099 72.827 2009 79.907 72.426 2008 80.107 72.264 2007 79.116 72.113 2006 78.838 72.027 2005 78.879 71.876 2004 78.658 71.477 2003 77.262 71.409 2002 77.552 71.173 2001 77.530 70.926 2000 77.264 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
LuxembourgWorld median
Luxembourg fell from 4.693 in 2000 to 2.182 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Luxembourg World median 2024 2.18 14.5 2023 2.24 15.2 2022 2.29 14.7 2021 2.33 15.1 2020 2.37 15.3 2019 2.40 15.7 2018 2.44 16.3 2017 2.47 16.8 2016 2.50 17.5 2015 2.54 17.9 2014 2.58 18.3 2013 2.62 18.7 2012 2.67 18.8 2011 2.74 19.0 2010 2.81 19.2 2009 2.90 20.8 2008 3.01 20.7 2007 3.13 21.8 2006 3.29 22.8 2005 3.47 24.0 2004 3.68 25.9 2003 3.91 26.9 2002 4.15 28.0 2001 4.42 29.1 2000 4.69 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
LuxembourgWorld median
Luxembourg fell from 1.8 in 2015 to 0.6 in 2024; the world median went from 3.4 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Luxembourg World median 2024 0.6 4.9 2023 0.6 4.7 2022 0.6 5.4 2021 0.6 5.7 2020 0.7 5.6 2019 0.8 5.0 2018 0.9 4.2 2017 0.9 4.0 2016 1.4 3.4 2015 1.8 3.4
03In context
Luxembourg beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Luxembourg and the countries it borders
Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 4th | 82.23 | 2.182 | — | 0.6 |
 Germany | 11th | 81.38 | 3.711 | 1.281 | 1.1 |
 Belgium | 26th | 82.11 | 3.721 | 1.9 | 3 |
 France | 42nd | 83.33 | 4.343 | — | 3.3 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Luxembourg in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Luxembourg is ahead of the world, and behind
37 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median29
Statistics on which Luxembourg does better than the middle country measured.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8580.522.858No real change since 2014
Luxembourg: 0.52 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 198th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.40.926.4▲ Improved since 2017
Luxembourg: 0.9 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 141st of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.261.86612.26No real change since 2014
Luxembourg: 1.866 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 195th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.92.620.9No real change since 2015
Luxembourg: 2.6 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 129th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35-52.4272.35No earlier reading
Luxembourg: -52.4 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909990▲ Improved since 2015
Luxembourg: 99 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919991▲ Improved since 2015
Luxembourg: 99 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.999.996.9No earlier reading
Luxembourg: 99.9 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8197.381No earlier reading
Luxembourg: 97.3 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 11th of 153 · derived.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3920.9616.39No real change since 2013
Luxembourg: 20.96 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 18th of 222 · derived.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.20.25▲ Improved since 2014
Luxembourg: 0.2 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69219.13102.69▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 219.13 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1341.4578.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Luxembourg: 1.457 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 183rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.0440.351▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 0.044 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 17th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.464.02327.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 4.023 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 197th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.9220.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 0.922 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 25th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.754.66133.7▲ Improved since 2013
Luxembourg: 54.66 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 194th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9823,5212,982No real change since 2014
Luxembourg: 3,521 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 21st of 155 · derived.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.83135.9184.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 135.91 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 412941▼ Worsened since 2012
Luxembourg: 29 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.457.314.45▲ Improved since 2013
Luxembourg: 7.3 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 182nd of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.22.55.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 2.5 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 104th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1633.3088.163No real change since 2013
Luxembourg: 3.308 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 158th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.6860.564▲ Improved since 2010
Luxembourg: 0.686 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 39th of 172 · derived.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.58265.5▲ Improved since 2018
Luxembourg: 82 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6511.6946.65No real change since 2013
Luxembourg: 11.69 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 143rd of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.217.7510.21▼ Worsened since 2010
Luxembourg: 7.75 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 108th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.480.223.48No real change since 2015
Luxembourg: 0.22 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Fatal Occupational InjuriesILO · 2023 · world median 2.0051.822.005▼ Worsened since 2013
Luxembourg: 1.82 · world median 2.005 · Fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.12 to 8.409; lower is better.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Luxembourg does worse than the middle country measured.
Agreement That Vaccines Are SafeWellcome Trust · 2018 · world median 77.6570.8377.65No earlier reading
Luxembourg: 70.83 · world median 77.65 · People aged 15+ who agree that vaccines are safe (% of those who had heard of vaccines). Wellcome Trust, 2018 edition, data for 2018.
Published values in that edition run from 29.29 to 97.91; higher is better.
Position 101st of 144 · derived.
No better end7
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1730.2916.17No real change since 2013
Luxembourg: 30.29 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8383.0357.83Moved since 2013
Luxembourg: 83.03 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6529.220.65No earlier reading
Luxembourg: 29.2 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.732.061.73Moved since 2014
Luxembourg: 2.06 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 85th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.883.3846.88No earlier reading
Luxembourg: 3.384 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.553.734.55Moved since 2017
Luxembourg: 3.73 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8932.1438.89Moved since 2015
Luxembourg: 32.14 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 155th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Luxembourg
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2019), Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Children with Functional Difficulties, Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Luxembourg’s 16 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Luxembourg’s 2nd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Risk & Resilience2nd of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing4th of 2003/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture9th of 1844/4 keys
- Peace & Security9th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties12th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation12th of 1762/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions16th of 1944/4 keys
- Energy14th of 1653/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge17th of 1983/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital23rd of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality21st of 1593/3 keys
- Digital & Technology31st of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 46th of 1772/4 keys
- Work & Labour49th of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 62nd of 1833/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability135th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Luxembourg can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Europe
San Marino1st2/4 keysHighest in Western Europe
Monaco2nd2/4 keysThis page
Luxembourg4th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Luxembourg and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Luxembourg on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Luxembourg rank on health & wellbeing?
Luxembourg is placed 4th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Luxembourg?
82.23 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Luxembourg?
2.182 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How does Luxembourg compare with Germany on health & wellbeing?
Germany is placed 11th of 200, and Luxembourg 4th. Life Expectancy at Birth: Germany 81.38, Luxembourg 82.23; Under-Five Mortality Rate: Germany 3.711, Luxembourg 2.182; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity: Germany 1.1, Luxembourg 0.6.
How have Luxembourg’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 77.26 in 2000 to 82.23 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 4.693 in 2000 to 2.182 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity fell from 1.8 in 2015 to 0.6 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Luxembourg?
No current reading is published for Luxembourg on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Children with Functional Difficulties, Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern Methods, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 37 statistics on this page come from 14 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Luxembourg’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Luxembourg (banner) — Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Luxembourg: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/luxembourg/health