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Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south and west.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.3 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 8.7
- Economy 6.0
- Diplomacy 4.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 12 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 1 (list of 2026.10.07).
- Capital
- Luxembourg
- Population
- 681,973 inh.
- Area
- 2,586 km²
- Currency
- EUR
- Regime
- constitutional monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Guillaume V, Grand Duc de Luxembourg
Head of Government
Luc Frieden
Government in office 4 members
ministre de la Défense
Yuriko Backes
ministre de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse
Claude Meisch
ministre de l'Énergie et de l'Aménagement du territoire
Claude Turmes
ministre des Sports
Lydia Nsekera
Parliament
Chambre des députés
60 seats
Chair Claude Wiseler
Inception 1848
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
101 G$
GDP / capita
147,252 $
Growth
0.6 %
Inflation
2.3 %
Unemployment
6.3 %
Defense / GDP
1.0 %
Life expectancy
83.2 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.87/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
97/100
Corruption (CPI)
78/100
Press freedom (RSF)
84/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#84
Annual budget
0.8 Md$
Defense effort
0.8 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
19 Md$
Imports
27 Md$
Balance
-8 Md$
Top exports
- 15% Acier
- 7% Pneus + caoutchouc
Top imports
- 11% Voitures
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
86%
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GBR
92%
-
FRA
96%
-
DEU
96%
-
RUS
14%
-
CHN
22%
Abstention: 9%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.922/1
Gini
33.6
Refugees hosted
10,284
Refugees originating
20
National anthem
Notre patrie
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- NATO
- EU
- Eurozone
- Schengen Area
- OECD
- WTO
- Council of Europe
- OSCE
- Francophonie (OIF)
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 5,052 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 6,315, or ×1.3.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2023 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)