Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Of the agricultural land, 58.33% is used for farming or pastures, while 4.38% is used for orchards or vine crops.

Of the settled areas, 4.91% is covered with buildings, 2.03% is industrial, 0.43% is classed as special developments, 0.11% is parks or greenbelts and 3.53% is transportation infrastructure.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (92.3%), with Albanian being second most common (3.5%) and Portuguese being third (1.4%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 40.9% of the vote.

The age distribution in Rickenbach is; 642 people or 28.9% of the population is 0–19 years old.

In the 2000 census[update] the religious membership of Rickenbach was; 1,529 (75.8%) were Roman Catholic, and 198 (9.8%) were Protestant, with an additional 20 (0.99%) that were of some other Christian faith.