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

Detailed figures

Paru le :27/06/2023

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

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 2014 2020
Altogether 190 847 193 208 194 756
Labor force in % 72,7 74,3 75,4
 including people in work in % 64,6 64,5 66,9
 including unemployed workers in % 8,2 9,8 8,5
Economically inactive people in % 27,3 25,7 24,6
 including pupils, students or interns in % 8,5 7,9 8,3
 including retirees in % 7,7 7,7 6,7
 including other economically inactive people in % 11,1 10,1 9,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 194 756 146 870 75,4 130 327 66,9
 15 to 24 years old 30 624 13 094 42,8 10 006 32,7
 25 to 54 years old 125 400 113 584 90,6 102 320 81,6
 55 to 64 years old 38 732 20 193 52,1 18 001 46,5
Male 97 510 76 834 78,8 68 720 70,5
 15 to 24 years old 16 026 7 299 45,5 5 502 34,3
 25 to 54 years old 62 946 59 651 94,8 54 331 86,3
 55 to 64 years old 18 538 9 884 53,3 8 888 47,9
Female 97 246 70 036 72,0 61 607 63,4
 15 to 24 years old 14 599 5 795 39,7 4 505 30,9
 25 to 54 years old 62 454 53 932 86,4 47 989 76,8
 55 to 64 years old 20 193 10 309 51,1 9 113 45,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 66,9
Unemployed workers 8,5
Retirees 6,7
Pupils, students or interns 8,3
Other economically inactive people 9,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2009 including people in work 2014 including people in work 2020 including people in work
Altogether 138 788 122 995 143 431 124 533 146 963 130 736
including
 Farmer operators 495 495 443 440 460 454
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 4 824 4 586 5 519 5 131 5 702 5 324
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 13 028 12 596 15 162 14 608 17 254 16 765
 Middle-level occupations 31 452 29 626 34 312 31 703 37 170 34 542
 Services employee 46 740 41 026 47 667 40 878 48 366 42 421
 Blue-collar workers 40 809 34 665 38 430 31 774 36 220 31 228
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 2014 2020
Number of unemployed workers 15 556 18 847 16 543
Unemployment rate in % 11,2 13,1 11,3
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 23,6 29,5 23,6
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 9,7 11,2 9,9
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,5 11,6 10,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 21,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 17,1
CAP, BEP or equivalent 13,2
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 11,6
2 years at university 7,3
3 to 4 years at university 6,2
5 years and over at university 5,3
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 2014 2020
Number of jobs in the area 77 102 74 327 71 503
People in work living in the area 123 957 125 636 131 638
Employment concentration indicator 62,2 59,2 54,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 58,0 58,9 58,7
  • 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, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 % 2014 % 2020 %
Altogether 77 102 100,0 74 327 100,0 71 503 100,0
Employee 70 012 90,8 66 632 89,6 63 755 89,2
 including women 34 300 44,5 33 913 45,6 32 816 45,9
 including part-time workers 14 844 19,3 14 863 20,0 12 982 18,2
Non-employee 7 090 9,2 7 696 10,4 7 748 10,8
 including women 2 441 3,2 2 894 3,9 3 200 4,5
 including part-time workers 785 1,0 1 078 1,5 1 156 1,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number %
Altogether 71 929 100,0
Farmer operators 477 0,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4 444 6,2
Managers and higher intellectual professions 8 461 11,8
Middle-level occupations 19 527 27,1
Services employee 23 100 32,1
Blue-collar workers 15 918 22,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 2014 2020
Farmer operators 0,7 0,6 0,7
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 5,4 6,0 6,2
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,1 10,5 11,8
Middle-level occupations 25,8 26,7 27,1
Services employee 32,4 32,3 32,1
Blue-collar workers 25,6 23,8 22,1
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 2014 2020
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 77 970 100,0 74 061 100,0 71 929 100,0 50,0 89,7
Agriculture 690 0,9 646 0,9 684 1,0 28,8 30,5
Industry 15 684 20,1 13 450 18,2 12 816 17,8 19,8 96,3
Construction 5 370 6,9 4 686 6,3 4 259 5,9 9,5 78,8
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 30 110 38,6 28 850 39,0 28 850 40,1 51,6 86,2
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 26 116 33,5 26 429 35,7 25 319 35,2 70,9 93,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 29,7 28,4
Industry 19,7 20,5
Construction 11,0 3,9
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 52,8 44,4
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 72,0 54,9
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.