🇮🇸Iceland home ownership rate
Iceland's home ownership rate is 81.7% as of 2020, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 81.1% the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 73.6% to 86.8%. That is 16.6 percentage points above the euro-area average of 65.1% — the 9th of 30 European countries that report it.
Home ownership rate · Iceland
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Source: Eurostat (ilc_lvho02) · data through 2020 · released 2026-09-17 · modifications: none
The home ownership rate is the share of the population living in households that own their home, with or without a mortgage or loan still to repay. The rest live as tenants, paying a market rent or a reduced rent, or living rent-free. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.
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Iceland home ownership rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Iceland's home ownership rate?
- Iceland's home ownership rate is 81.7% as of 2020, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Iceland's home ownership rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 9th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 65.1%.
- Is Iceland's home ownership rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 81.1% to 81.7% in the latest reading (2020).
- What does “home ownership rate” measure?
- The home ownership rate is the share of the population living in households that own their home, with or without a mortgage or loan still to repay. The rest live as tenants, paying a market rent or a reduced rent, or living rent-free. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.