Starting a business: Minimum capital in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 17.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Luxembourg, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: minimum capital in Luxembourg stood at 17.2%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Luxembourg peaked at 26.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 2019.
That places Luxembourg 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 26.0% | — |
| 2004 | 26.1% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 22.1% | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 22.7% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 21.3% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 23.8% | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 21.2% | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 20.8% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 22.6% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 19.5% | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.7% | 19.9% | 26.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 17.2% | 23.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More private sector data for Luxembourg
- Merchandise trade 46.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 80.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 18.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1818 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: minimum capital in Luxembourg?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Luxembourg was 17.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 26.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 2019.
- How does Luxembourg rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Luxembourg ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.