Niveau d’éducation de la population du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

27% of the population aged 15 years and over and not pursuing studies hold a higher education diploma. This percentage is slightly higher for men than for women (29.7% against 24.5%). However, the level of primary education is not exceeded by 19.9% of the population. The proportion of people who have reached the lower secondary level is 14.6% and 35.5% of the population has reached the level of upper secondary education. Since 2001, a global increase in education levels is observed. The share of tertiary education increased from 19.6% in 2001 to 27.0% in 2011. Elderly cohorts have a lower level of education than younger generations: 53.5% of those aged 85 and over, reached only the level of primary education. For the 20 to 39 years old, this percentage is only 9.4%. Foreigners are overrepresented at two levels of education: primary and tertiary. 24.4% of the foreigners reached only a primary education level, against 16.8% of Luxembourgers. However 31.8% of foreigners have reached a tertiary education level. Only 23.7% of Luxembourgers are in this case. The level of education has a great influence on the kind of professional activities pursued. 88.6% of people working in intellectual and scientific professions have a tertiary education diploma, while they represent only 1.8% of those in elementary occupations. 57.4% of the people born in the Grand Duchy, with a tertiary education level, acquired their degree abroad. If we consider people who have obtained a master or a doctorate, this percentage increases to 90.7%.
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