Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations) was 915.45 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overall primary balance, Transactions in Luxembourg, 2002–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overall primary balance, transactions in Luxembourg is 915.45 million, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 69.1% on the previous year and down 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overall primary balance, transactions in Luxembourg peaked at 3.20 billion in 2018 and was at its lowest, -301.66 million, in 2020.
That places Luxembourg 19th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations) in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1.37 billion | — |
| 2003 | 957.95 million | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 517.46 million | -46.0% |
| 2005 | 994.06 million | +92.1% |
| 2006 | 1.42 billion | +43.0% |
| 2007 | 2.42 billion | +70.0% |
| 2008 | 2.18 billion | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 891.39 million | -59.0% |
| 2010 | 1.18 billion | +32.0% |
| 2011 | 1.43 billion | +21.6% |
| 2012 | 1.25 billion | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 1.32 billion | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 1.70 billion | +28.7% |
| 2015 | 1.81 billion | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 2.24 billion | +24.1% |
| 2017 | 2.05 billion | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 3.20 billion | +56.0% |
| 2019 | 3.05 billion | -4.8% |
| 2020 | -301.66 million | -109.9% |
| 2021 | 2.21 billion | -832.6% |
| 2022 | 1.59 billion | -27.9% |
| 2023 | 1.46 billion | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 2.97 billion | +103.7% |
| 2025 | 915.45 million | -69.1% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 915.45 million is above the median for high income countries, which is 864.22 million, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 915.45 million is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 915.45 million, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations) in Luxembourg changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +832.6% | -301.66 million | 2.21 billion |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.34 billion | 517.46 million | 2.42 billion | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.92 billion | 1.18 billion | 3.20 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.47 billion | -301.66 million | 2.97 billion | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is overall primary balance, transactions in Luxembourg?
- Overall primary balance, transactions in Luxembourg was 915.45 million in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest overall primary balance, transactions recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 3.20 billion in 2018.
- What is the lowest overall primary balance, transactions recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was -301.66 million in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for overall primary balance, transactions?
- Luxembourg ranks 19th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overall primary balance, transactions rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.