Digital Government Outlook 2026: Luxembourg
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This country note presents an overview of the digital government landscape in Luxembourg drawing on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD OURdata Index. The note outlines key policy developments in the country observed during the assessment period. It aims to inform policy dialogue and support Luxembourg in advancing a whole-of-government approach to digital transformation in the public sector.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD Digital Government Index, Luxembourg attained a score of 0.66, below the OECD average of 0.70. This represents a 0.09 increase since 2023 (Figure 1).
Luxembourg recorded a higher score in Proactiveness (0.79), above the OECD average of 0.67, and matched the OECD average in Government as a Platform (0.71). These results show that Luxembourg has advanced in adopting proactive approaches to service delivery.
Luxembourg scored below the OECD average in Open by Default (0.41 vs 0.59), User-Driven (0.60 vs 0.71), Digital by Design (0.72 vs 0.75) and Data-driven Public Sector (0.71 vs 0.74). This means that Luxembourg still has room for improvement in promoting the openness of government data, placing user needs at the centre of service design, and further integrating digital technologies and data-driven approaches across government.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD OURdata Index, Luxembourg attained a score of 0.48, below the OECD average of 0.53 (Figure 2). This represents a 0.07 increase since 2023.
Luxembourg recorded a higher score in Data accessibility (0.87), well above the OECD average of 0.67. This reflects Luxembourg's strong performance in ensuring that government datasets are accessible through open formats and well-documented metadata.
Luxembourg scored below the OECD average in Data availability (0.34 vs 0.53) and Government support for data re-use (0.22 vs 0.40). This means that Luxembourg has significant room for improvement in broadening the range of available datasets and in strengthening mechanisms to promote data re-use.
Luxembourg has established a governance structure for digital government led by the Ministry for Digitalisation and the Government IT Centre (CTIE). Building on the Electronic Governance Strategy 2021-2025, the new Digital Government Strategy 2026–2030 provides the latest strategic framework. Co-ordination is ensured through the Interministerial Committee for Digitalisation and the Interministerial Committee on Digital Policies.
Digital skills across Luxembourg’s public service are being strengthened through targeted investments. The 2023 Activity Report of the Ministry of the Civil Service highlights strong growth in digital skills training, both in synchronous courses and e-learning. Training aims to ensure that all public agents acquire fundamental digital competencies to carry out their tasks and projects effectively.
Luxembourg has strengthened its data governance framework with the adoption of the National Data Strategy in 2025. The National Interoperability Framework (NIF) complements this approach by supporting improved governance, service mapping and interoperability-by-design across stakeholders. It also includes a catalogue of interoperable services and provides principles and recommendations for relevant actors.
While Luxembourg performs well in areas such as service catalogues and digital inclusion, broader components of its human-centred services framework could be strengthened. In particular, formal service design standards, the Once-Only Principle, transaction cost measurement, and requirements for user involvement in policy design are not yet in place. Developing these capabilities could support more consistent and user-centred service delivery.
Luxembourg's AI framework also presents opportunities for development. While the AI Strategy, adopted in 2025, signals a stronger strategic direction, transparency instruments for AI tools used in public decision-making and dedicated oversight mechanisms are not yet in place. Strengthening these capabilities could enhance public accountability and trust in government AI use.
The OECD Digital Government Outlook (DGO) provides a comprehensive assessment of digital government policies across OECD Members and accession candidate countries. It draws on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD Open, Useful and Re-usable Data (OURdata) Index to evaluate progress and identify persistent gaps in digital transformation across the public sector.
The DGI assesses the enabling foundations for digital transformation across six dimensions: Digital by Design, Data-driven Public Sector, Government as a Platform, Open by Default, User-Driven and Proactiveness. Rather than measuring the digitalisation of specific services, the DGI focuses on the strategies, policy levers, implementation practices and monitoring mechanisms that enable coherent, whole-of-government digital transformation.
The OURdata Index benchmarks the robustness of open government data policies across three pillars: data availability, data accessibility and government support for data re-use. It supports policymakers in monitoring the design and implementation of national open government data policies.
Both indices were developed with OECD Member countries through the OECD Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders) and approved by the OECD Public Governance Committee.
Figure 1: The 2025 DGI OECD average does not include Germany and the United States. 2025 data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. The 2023 OECD average does not include Germany, Greece, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States. 2023 data cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 October 2022. The composite score is the unweighted average of the six-dimension scores.
Figure 2: The 2025 and 2023 OURdata Index OECD average does not include Denmark, Hungary and the United States. 2025 data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. 2023 data cover the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. The composite score is the unweighted average of the three-pillar scores.
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The full book is available in English: OECD (2026), Digital Government Outlook 2026: From Foundations to Transformational Impact, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0496b2bc-en.
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