Based on a comparison of 33 countries in 2022, Norway ranked the highest in number of households with mortgage loans as a percentage of total households with 61.5% followed by Netherlands and Sweden. On the other end of the scale was Macedonia with 0.600%, Albania with 0.900% and Serbia with 0.900%.
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 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Belgium | % | ... | 41.4% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 42.6% | 43.5% | |||||||||||||||
Czechia | % | 19.0% | 19.8% | 22.2% | 23.6% | 24.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark | % | ... | 47.4% | 47.8% | 46.5% | 46.8% | 45.2% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.5% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 22.8% | 27.3% | ... | |||||||||||
Finland | % | ... | ... | 42.0% | 42.3% | 42.0% | 41.5% | 40.6% | ||||||||||||||
France | % | ... | ... | ... | 31.0% | 30.9% | 31.8% | 31.8% | 30.1% | ... | ||||||||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.2% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 25.8% | 31.4% | ... | |||||||
Ireland | % | ... | 32.4% | 31.8% | 32.4% | 31.3% | 34.5% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.3% | 42.7% | 41.9% | 41.8% | 42.6% | ... | ||||||||||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | 61.0% | 60.7% | 60.5% | 60.4% | 60.7% | |||||||||||||
Norway | % | ... | 62.2% | 60.5% | 60.1% | 60.5% | 61.5% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
Portugal | % | ... | ... | 36.7% | 37.3% | 36.3% | 36.2% | 38.9% | ... | |||||||||||||
Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.9% | 29.5% | 29.4% | 28.4% | 30.3% | ... | ||||||||||
Sweden | % | ... | ... | 54.8% | 52.2% | 51.7% | 51.4% | 52.1% | ... | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.5% | 37.4% | 38.3% | 38.0% | 38.2% | ... |