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Which Country Builds the Most New Dwellings per Population?

Dwellings Completed Per 1,000 People (dwellings), 2021 or latest
Real Estate | April 10, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 30 countries in 2021, Iceland ranked the highest in dwellings completed per 1,000 people with 11.0 dwellings followed by Russia and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Bulgaria with 0.589 dwellings, Singapore with 1.07 dwellings and Greece with 1.23 dwellings.

Data for more countries are available at Dwellings Completed Per 1,000 People indicator page.

Dwellings Completed Per 1,000 People Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Australia dwellings 8.32 8.92 8.81 8.98 8.23
Austria dwellings 5.62 5.61 6.12 6.11 6.59
Canada dwellings 5.47 5.23 5.29 5.51 5.11
Denmark dwellings 2.67 3.75 4.34 5.05 5.82
Estonia dwellings 3.13 3.74 4.69 5.18 5.65
Finland dwellings 5.06 5.45 6.43 7.73 7.89
Iceland dwellings 3.35 4.49 5.21 6.74 8.81 ...
Netherlands dwellings 2.89 3.28 3.77 3.98 4.23
Norway dwellings 5.54 5.69 6.07 6.28 5.77
Poland dwellings 3.90 4.33 4.74 4.93 5.54
Russia dwellings 8.49 8.34 8.13 7.77 8.14
South Korea dwellings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9.33 10.4 11.5 12.8 10.4
Sweden dwellings 3.60 4.39 4.97 5.63 5.68
Switzerland dwellings 6.50 6.32 6.05 6.37 5.71 ...
Turkey dwellings 9.65 9.86 10.8 11.5 9.48