Home ownership as a percentage of all dwellings rose 0% to 73.6% in Iceland in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, home ownership as a percentage of all dwellings in Iceland reached an all time high of 86.8% in 2005 and an all time low of 70.3% in 1960. When compared to Iceland's main peers, home ownership as a percentage of all dwellings in Denmark amounted to 59.2%, 80.8% in Norway, 64.9% in Sweden and 65.2% in United Kingdom in 2021.
Iceland has been ranked 16th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of home ownership as a percentage of all dwellings, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Home Ownership (As % of Total Dwellings) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belgium | % | ... | 70.9% | 72.4% | 72.3% | 71.3% | 71.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 61.7% | 62.2% | 60.5% | 60.8% | 59.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | ... | ... | 71.6% | 71.4% | 71.6% | 71.1% | 70.7% | ||||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | 64.9% | 64.4% | 65.1% | 64.1% | 63.6% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51.7% | 51.4% | 51.5% | 51.1% | 50.5% | ... | |||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | 78.7% | 74.1% | 73.6% | 73.6% | 73.6% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | 69.5% | 69.5% | 70.3% | 68.7% | 69.3% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | 69.0% | 69.4% | 68.9% | 68.9% | 69.1% | |||||||||||||
| Norway | % | ... | 82.9% | 81.5% | 81.3% | 80.3% | 80.8% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Sweden | % | 65.2% | 65.2% | 64.1% | 63.6% | 64.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 63.4% | 65.0% | 65.2% | 65.2% | 65.2% | ... |
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