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Luxembourg and France

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Luxembourg

France

The widest gap is Public spending on them: Luxembourg €64,412 against France €24,346, 2.65× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Luxembourg
France

People

Median age3.0 years
39.8 years
42.8 years
Life expectancy at birth0.2 years
83.2 years
83.0 years
People101×
682k
68.9m
People per square kilometre2.43×
264 per km²
109 per km²
Women in the population1.7 points
49.7%
51.5%
Born abroad37.5 points
51.5%
14.0%
Born outside the EU7.9 points
19.0%
11.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person89.1%
€50,046
€26,459
Average net income96.1%
€59,681
€30,438
Take-home pay, average-wage worker72.7%
€55,877
€32,346
Gross pay, average-wage worker88.6%
€83,760
€44,400
Minimum wage48.4%
€2,771
€1,867
In work, age 20 to 641.5 points
73.9%
75.4%
Out of work1.2 points
6.5%
7.7%
Hours worked a week0.8 hours
38.0 hours
37.2 hours
At risk of poverty1.5 points
14.8%
16.3%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.7 points
8.1%
6.4%
GDP per person3.01×
€130,300
€43,350

Family and home

People at home9.5%
2.3
2.1
Households with children1.8 points
31.0%
29.2%
Children per woman28.8%
1.25
1.61
Own their home2.7 points
64.1%
61.4%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds36.3%
392 per 100,000 people
534 per 100,000 people
Doctors39.1%
284 per 100,000 people
395 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree10.9 points
55.7%
44.8%
Students per 1,000 people3.38×
12.4 per 1,000 people
41.9 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.65×
€64,412
€24,346
Tax raised per person2.88×
€55,503
€19,244
Government debt89.1 points
26.5%
115.6%

Country and infrastructure

Land area246.04×
2,595 km²
638,475 km²
Railway density2.41×
104.8 per 1,000 km²
43.5 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density3.48×
64.6 per 1,000 km²
18.5 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people15.6%
668 per 1,000 people
578 per 1,000 people
Households with internet4.7 points
99.1%
94.4%
Tourist nights per resident25.0%
5.48
6.85

Environment

Renewable energy3.7 points
20.2%
23.9%
Land under forest6.2 points
34.3%
28.1%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Luxembourg

France

Function
Luxembourg
France
11.5%
10.8%
2.1%
3.2%
2.9%
3.1%
12.1%
9.9%
2.5%
1.8%
1.6%
2.5%
11.8%
15.6%
2.8%
2.6%
10.5%
8.9%
42.2%
41.5%

Reference year 2025. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Luxembourg and France

  1. Which covers more ground: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 246.04×: France 638,475, Luxembourg 2,595. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 101×: France 68.9m, Luxembourg 682k. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which government owes more: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 89.1 points: France 115.6%, Luxembourg 26.5%. Consolidated gross debt of the general government, against GDP. gov_10dd_edpt1 · 2025. See the figure

  4. Where were more residents born abroad: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 37.5 points: Luxembourg 51.5%, France 14.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 3.38×: France 41.9, Luxembourg 12.4. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where is more tax raised per resident: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 2.88×: Luxembourg €55,503, France €19,244. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where is GDP per person higher: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 3.01×: Luxembourg €130,300, France €43,350. Gross domestic product at current market prices, divided by the population. nama_10_pc · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 39.1%: France 395, Luxembourg 284. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_phys · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are more children born per woman: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 28.8%: France 1.61, Luxembourg 1.25. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. demo_find · 2024. See the figure

  10. Which has more forest: Luxembourg or France?

    The gap is 6.2 points: Luxembourg 34.3%, France 28.1%. Share of the land area under forest. for_area · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.