Only five countries thus beat Luxembourg in the overall ranking in terms of its attractiveness specifically for highly skilled workers. Those five countries are New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and Norway.
Looking at our neighbouring countries, Germany comes next at rank 15, followed by France (17), and Belgium (18). The report notes that France’s ranking has improved in part due to lower visa refusal rates, which is a one of the key factors that impact a country’s ranking.
The report also looks at the attractiveness across three other categories, namely:
This year’s edition also notes that Luxembourg experienced the largest improvement in the ranking for international entrepreneurs since 2019, and benefited in the University attractiveness ranking from improved conditions to stay post-graduation.
Looking at the individual dimensions that make up each country’s ranking, Luxembourg received particularly high scores for its quality of opportunities for highly educated workers at 0.89 out of 1 (tied with Slovakia and beaten only by Hungary’s 0.95).
It also scores the highest (0.95, with second place going to Australia with a score of 0.73) in the inclusiveness dimension for students; it places third along this dimension for highly educated workers, 7th for entrepreneurs, and 32nd for start-up founders.
