Based on a comparison of 3 countries in 2017, Portugal ranked the highest in number of households with mortgage loans as a percentage of total households with 54.3% followed by Canada and Czech Republic. On the other end of the scale was Czech Republic with 19.8%, Canada with 41.2% and Portugal with 54.3%.
Data for more countries are available at Households with Mortgage Loans (As % of Total Households) indicator page.
Households with Mortgage Loans (As % of Total Households) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.5% | 39.4% | 40.6% | ||
Czech Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | 12.8% | 14.3% | 16.9% | 17.6% | 18.5% | |||||||||||||
Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.6% | 59.1% | 57.8% | 56.7% | 56.1% |