Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Functional area 2020 of Luxembourg (partie française) (LUX)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 189 238 193 647 193 651
Labor force in % 72,5 73,8 75,1
 including people in work in % 64,5 64,3 65,9
 including unemployed workers in % 8,0 9,5 9,2
Economically inactive people in % 27,5 26,2 24,9
 including pupils, students or interns in % 8,7 7,9 8,1
 including retirees in % 7,5 8,0 6,9
 including other economically inactive people in % 11,3 10,3 9,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population Labor force Activity rate in % People in work Employment rate in %
Altogether 193 651 145 383 75,1 127 663 65,9
 15 to 24 years old 30 306 13 250 43,7 9 801 32,3
 25 to 54 years old 124 969 112 762 90,2 100 715 80,6
 55 to 64 years old 38 376 19 371 50,5 17 147 44,7
Male 96 961 76 084 78,5 67 311 69,4
 15 to 24 years old 15 805 7 314 46,3 5 327 33,7
 25 to 54 years old 62 782 59 257 94,4 53 489 85,2
 55 to 64 years old 18 374 9 513 51,8 8 496 46,2
Female 96 690 69 299 71,7 60 352 62,4
 15 to 24 years old 14 501 5 936 40,9 4 475 30,9
 25 to 54 years old 62 187 53 505 86,0 47 226 75,9
 55 to 64 years old 20 002 9 858 49,3 8 651 43,2
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 65,9
Unemployed workers 9,2
Retirees 6,9
Pupils, students or interns 8,1
Other economically inactive people 9,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 137 133 121 685 143 226 124 738 144 891 127 455
including
 Farmer operators 480 476 433 430 478 470
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 4 664 4 422 5 427 5 107 5 488 5 048
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 12 663 12 258 14 576 14 060 16 419 15 958
 Middle-level occupations 30 359 28 575 34 225 31 818 35 647 32 940
 Services employee 45 950 40 372 47 335 40 687 48 740 42 368
 Blue-collar workers 41 675 35 582 39 358 32 636 36 226 30 671
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 15 152 18 379 17 720
Unemployment rate in % 11,0 12,9 12,2
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 23,1 28,9 26,0
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 9,6 10,9 10,7
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,1 11,2 11,5
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in %
No diploma or primary education certificate 23,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 18,2
CAP, BEP or equivalent 14,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 12,4
2 years at university 7,7
3 to 4 years at university 6,4
5 years and over at university 5,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 77 474 74 738 72 151
People in work living in the area 122 765 125 402 128 949
Employment concentration indicator 63,1 59,6 56,0
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 57,7 58,9 58,5
  • The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 77 474 100,0 74 738 100,0 72 151 100,0
Employee 70 383 90,8 67 114 89,8 64 629 89,6
 including women 34 098 44,0 33 810 45,2 33 309 46,2
 including part-time workers 14 900 19,2 14 771 19,8 13 575 18,8
Non-employee 7 091 9,2 7 624 10,2 7 522 10,4
 including women 2 388 3,1 2 865 3,8 3 010 4,2
 including part-time workers 746 1,0 1 033 1,4 1 095 1,5
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 72 052 100,0
Farmer operators 481 0,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4 308 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 8 114 11,3
Middle-level occupations 19 384 26,9
Services employee 23 535 32,7
Blue-collar workers 16 230 22,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 0,6 0,6 0,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5,3 6,0 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,0 10,3 11,3
Middle-level occupations 25,8 26,6 26,9
Services employee 32,1 32,3 32,7
Blue-collar workers 26,2 24,2 22,5
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 77 974 100,0 75 103 100,0 72 052 100,0 50,0 90,1
Agriculture 632 0,8 666 0,9 673 0,9 31,6 27,5
Industry 16 354 21,0 13 580 18,1 12 988 18,0 19,3 96,6
Construction 5 429 7,0 4 782 6,4 4 281 5,9 9,7 79,8
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 29 781 38,2 29 637 39,5 28 495 39,5 52,0 86,8
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 25 779 33,1 26 438 35,2 25 614 35,5 70,6 93,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 36,3 29,8
Industry 19,3 18,1
Construction 11,1 4,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 53,4 42,9
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 71,5 55,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.