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Foreign nationals share of population in Lucerne

Foreign nationals share of population in Lucerne was 21.9% in 2025, according to Swiss Federal Statistical Office. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024.

202521.9%
Change on 2024+0.4 pts
Series high21.92025
Series low16.72010

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Foreign nationals share of population in Lucerne, 2010 to 2025

161820222010201320162019202220252010: 16.7 %2011: 16.8 %2012: 17 %2013: 17.2 %2014: 17.6 %2015: 17.9 %2016: 18.4 %2017: 18.4 %2018: 18.5 %2019: 18.8 %2020: 19 %2021: 19.3 %2022: 19.8 %2023: 21 %2024: 21.5 %2025: 21.9 %161820222010201620252010: 16.7 %2011: 16.8 %2012: 17 %2013: 17.2 %2014: 17.6 %2015: 17.9 %2016: 18.4 %2017: 18.4 %2018: 18.5 %2019: 18.8 %2020: 19 %2021: 19.3 %2022: 19.8 %2023: 21 %2024: 21.5 %2025: 21.9 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-20.
All 16 values
Period%
202521.9
202421.5
202321
202219.8
202119.3
202019
201918.8
201818.5
201718.4
201618.4
201517.9
201417.6
201317.2
201217
201116.8
201016.7

Compared with Switzerland

Place2025
Lucerne21.9
Switzerland27.7

Definition

Residents with foreign nationality as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. Switzerland: permanent resident population on 31 December, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP).

How it is calculated

Foreign nationals divided by total population for the same year and place. Spain: Invokely calculation from the INE annual census. Switzerland: both counts from the same Federal Statistical Office table, shown with each value.

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Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Open use, source must be provided (opendata.swiss terms_by). No changes made to source values.

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APA 7

Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik). (2026). Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons (Foreign nationals share of population, Lucerne, 2010 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101

MLA 9

Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons, Foreign nationals share of population, Lucerne, 2010 to 2025. Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik), 20 Aug. 2026, https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/foreign-population/lucerne-canton-switzerland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik). 2026. Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons. Foreign nationals share of population, Lucerne, 2010 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/foreign-population/lucerne-canton-switzerland.

Harvard

Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik) (2026) Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons, Foreign nationals share of population, Lucerne, 2010 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/foreign-population/lucerne-canton-switzerland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{federal_foreign_nationals_share_of_2025,
  author = {{Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik)}},
  title = {{Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000\_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons: Foreign nationals share of population, Lucerne, 2010 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000_101},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/foreign-population/lucerne-canton-switzerland. Publisher attribution: Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000\_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/en/px-x-0102010000\_101. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Open use, source must be provided (opendata.swiss terms\_by). No changes made to source values.},
}
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What is the share of foreign nationals in Lucerne?

Foreign nationals share of population in Lucerne was 21.9% in 2025, according to Swiss Federal Statistical Office. That is up 0.4 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Bundesamt für Statistik). Federal Statistical Office, STATPOP, table px-x-0102010000_101: permanent resident population on 31 December: foreign nationals as a percentage of the total, Switzerland and cantons. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest share of foreign nationals in Lucerne?

21.9% in 2025, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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