Home ownership rate in Iceland
81.7% of people in Iceland lived in a home owned by their household in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2009.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2020
81.7%
Change from 2019
+0.6percentage points
European Union, 2020
70.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
74.3%
Home ownership rate in Iceland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 68.5% |
| 2024 | – | 68.4% |
| 2023 | – | 69.1% |
| 2022 | – | 69.1% |
| 2021 | – | 69.8% |
| 2020 | 81.7% | 70.0% |
| 2019 | 81.1% | 69.8% |
| 2018 | 73.6% | 69.9%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 74.1% | 70.0%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 78.7% | 70.1%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 77.8% | 70.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 78.2% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 77.5% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 77.3% | 71.0%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 77.9% | 70.8%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 81.3% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 84.2% | – |
| 2008 | 85.8% | – |
| 2007 | 86.4% | – |
| 2006 | 86.2% | – |
| 2005 | 86.8% | – |
| 2004 | 85.3% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 81.1% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 81.3%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 70.0%.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
House price change
5.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Overcrowding rate
11.3%
2020 · Eurostat
Housing cost overburden rate
13.1%
2020 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
1.0%
2020 · Eurostat
Average household size
2.5 people per household
2020 · Eurostat
House prices, quarterly
2.7%
Q2 2026 · Eurostat