🇳🇴Norway home ownership rate
Norway's home ownership rate is 80.0% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 78.8% the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 78.3% to 86.1%. That is 14.9 percentage points above the euro-area average of 65.1% — the 10th of 30 European countries that report it.
Home ownership rate · Norway
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Source: Eurostat (ilc_lvho02) · data through 2025 · 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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Norway home ownership rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Norway's home ownership rate?
- Norway's home ownership rate is 80.0% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Norway's home ownership rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 10th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 65.1%.
- Is Norway's home ownership rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 78.8% to 80.0% in the latest reading (2025).
- 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.