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PDF-Analyses-02-2021
In 2019, Luxembourg ranks 19th in the EU with an R&D intensity of 1.19% (preliminary data). However, industry invests heavily in R&D, reaching 6.7% of value added and about 5% of industrial employment (3rd place in Europe). For innovation, over the period 2016 to 2018, Luxembourg is in the EU average since half of the companies (50.6%) are innovative.
PDF Analyses 01-2021
This study assesses how financial companies in the euro area have been impacted and have reacted to the health crisis. An increase in the volume of non-performing loans could weigh heavily on banks in some European countries, while banks in Luxembourg are more solvent and less exposed to risky business sectors.
PDF Analyses 07-2020
The health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are striking. Lockdown resulted in a decrease in income for one in six residents and had a negative effect on the physical health of one in six people. This crisis also has psychological repercussions on the population due to the scarcity of social relationships (friends or family). One resident in five felt more lonely than usual and one third felt worried. All these findings are analyzed in the report PIBien-être 2020, which also notes that the correlation between well-being and GDP is weak.
PDF Analyses 01-2018 Rapport travail et cohésion sociale
On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, STATEC is examining Luxembourg's social cohesion. The risk of poverty rate before social transfers reaches 29% of the population. If all cash transfers are taken into account, it drops to 18.7%.