Homeownership rate (% of households living in an owner-occupied dwelling)
Homeownership rate (% of households living in owner-occupied housing). Best available cross-country proxy for “property ownership rate”; latest available year varies by country.
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Key Insights
- •Homeownership varies widely in this dataset, from about 42% (Switzerland) to above 90% (Hungary, Slovak Republic).
- •Several Central/Eastern European countries show very high homeownership (often 80–90%+), reflecting historical privatization and tenure structure.
- •Large Western European economies tend to cluster in the mid-range (roughly 50–75%), with Germany notably lower than many peers.
- •OECD partner countries in the Americas show mixed rates, from mid-40s (Colombia) to around 80% (Mexico).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 69.6%)
About This Statistic
“Property ownership rate” is not a single globally standardized statistic across countries. The most widely used, internationally comparable proxy is the homeownership rate: the share of households living in an owner-occupied dwelling (often including homes owned outright and those being purchased with a mortgage/loan).
This indicator is commonly used to compare housing tenure structures across countries (owner-occupied vs. rented). Definitions and survey frames can differ (e.g., household-based vs. population-based measures; treatment of cooperative housing; whether “buying” is counted as owning), so cross-country comparisons should be interpreted as approximate rather than perfectly harmonized.
Methodology
Uses the OECD housing tenure indicator: homeownership rate measured as the percentage of households that own (or are in the process of buying) their main dwelling. Values are taken as the latest available by country in the OECD dataset (years vary by country, typically 2018–2022). For mapping, values are treated as a single comparable snapshot even though reference years differ.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 91.0% |
| 2 | Slovakia | 90.0% |
| 3 | Lithuania | 89.0% |
| 4 | Poland | 87.0% |
| 5 | Estonia | 82.0% |
| 6 | Latvia | 80.0% |
| 7 | Mexico | 80.0% |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 78.0% |
| 9 | Norway | 78.0% |
| 10 | Spain | 76.0% |
| 11 | Slovenia | 75.0% |
| 12 | Iceland | 74.0% |
| 13 | Portugal | 74.0% |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 73.0% |
| 15 | Greece | 73.0% |
| 16 | Italy | 73.0% |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 73.0% |
| 18 | Belgium | 72.0% |
| 19 | Finland | 70.0% |
| 20 | Ireland | 70.0% |
| 21 | Netherlands | 69.0% |
| 22 | Canada | 67.0% |
| 23 | Israel | 67.0% |
| 24 | France | 65.0% |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 65.0% |
| 26 | United States of America | 65.0% |
| 27 | Australia | 65.0% |
| 28 | New Zealand | 64.0% |
| 29 | Sweden | 64.0% |
| 30 | Chile | 62.0% |
| 31 | Japan | 61.0% |
| 32 | Denmark | 60.0% |
| 33 | Türkiye | 59.0% |
| 34 | South Korea | 58.0% |
| 35 | Austria | 55.0% |
| 36 | Germany | 51.0% |
| 37 | Colombia | 46.0% |
| 38 | Switzerland | 42.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from OECD (2021).
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