Luxembourg 5th best country to raise a family

01 February 2021

The country performs particularly well in the safety, cost and time categories. In the health category, Luxembourg is again in 2^nd place worldwide.

The Raising A Family Index published by website Asher & Lyric compares data on 35 OECD countries to see which were the best for raising a family in 2020. Luxembourg is in 5^th place, outperformed only by Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Safe, reasonable costs, time available

The index is based on six categories:

• Safety: homicide rate, law and order index, number of school shootings, human rights, etc.
• Happiness: woman freedom index, world happiness index, suicide rates, etc.
• Cost: childcare, private education and health spending, etc.
• Health: maternal and under-five child mortality, air pollution exposure, life expectancy, etc.
• Education: student enrolment rates, reading, mathematics and science performance
• Time: hours worked, paid maternity, paternity and sick leave, paid vacation time

Luxembourg is awarded an A+ rating in the safety, cost and time categories. It ranks 1^st worldwide in the time category, notably due to its generous paternity leave and number of paid vacation days. Its affordable childcare, healthcare and education and strong purchasing power places it 2^nd in terms of cost.

Happiness and health

Luxembourg also gets A ratings for happiness and health. In the health category, it is again in 2^nd place worldwide.

The only category where Luxembourg performs less well is education, where the country only receives a D ranking. The reason is relatively low student enrolment rates and less good performance in the International Student Performance.

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