Home ownership rate in Portugal
71.2% of people in Portugal lived in a home owned by their household in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Portugal, 2025
71.2%
Change from 2024
−2.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
68.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
71.2%
Position in 2025
17th of 31
Home ownership rate in Portugal over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.2% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 73.4% | 68.4% |
| 2023 | 76.0% | 69.1% |
| 2022 | 77.8% | 69.1% |
| 2021 | 78.3%b (break in time series) | 69.8% |
| 2020 | 77.3% | 70.0% |
| 2019 | 73.9% | 69.8% |
| 2018 | 74.5% | 69.9%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 74.7% | 70.0%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 75.2% | 70.1%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 74.8% | 70.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 74.9% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 74.2% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 74.5% | 71.0%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 75.0% | 70.8%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 74.9% | 70.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 74.6% | – |
| 2008 | 74.5% | – |
| 2007 | 74.2% | – |
| 2006 | 75.5% | – |
| 2005 | 74.4% | – |
| 2004 | 74.6% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.2 percentage points from 73.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 74.8%, the figure has changed by −3.6 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Portugal has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 68.5%.
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