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Luxembourg

0.7 million people · EU member

Luxembourg has a compulsory chip ID card and LuxTrust credentials for online services. It must offer an EU digital identity wallet by the end of 2026 and uses the euro, so the digital euro would apply. It accepted the 2024 WHO health-rule amendments (per our records).

-3Sovereignty scoreDeep inHow it adds up ↓

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Luxembourg

Program
Luxembourg electronic identity card; LuxTrust; MyGuichet.lu
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes

MyGuichet.lu accepts the Luxembourg electronic ID card and LuxTrust products, plus electronic IDs from other EU/EEA states. The Ministry for Digitalisation and CTIE are preparing a national EU digital identity wallet, which the EU requires by 24 December 2026. No launch of the wallet was found as of Oct 2026.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
In development
Name
Digital euro

Luxembourg uses the euro. The ECB is preparing a digital euro; the European Parliament set its negotiating position in mid-2026 and talks with the Council are under way. The ECB has said a pilot could start in 2027 and first issuance could come in 2029 if EU law is adopted. No national CBDC exists.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2026-12Rolling it out

    EU rules require each member state to offer an EU digital identity wallet by 24 December 2026; use is meant to be voluntary. Garrigues — European digital identity wallet calendar (24 Dec 2026 / 24 Dec 2027 deadlines) ↗

  2. 2026-07Rolling it out

    The European Parliament set its position on the digital euro and opened talks with the Council on the final law. Sumsub — Digital euro proposal advances to final EU negotiations (July 2026) ↗

UN and WHO

How Luxembourg has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
77.5 · rank 39 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

How the -3 adds up

  • -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
  • -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
  • -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.