Most families in the EU live in their own homes, with the highest rates in Portugal.

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Most people in the European Union (EU) live in their own homes (69.1%), while only 30.9% rent. Portugal exceeds the average share of homeowners (77.8%), according to Eurostat data for 2022 published on Friday (November 30).

Among EU members, the highest percentage of people purchasing housing is in Romania (94.8%), Slovakia (93.0%), and Croatia (91.1%), while Germany (53.5%) is the only EU country where more people live in rented homes than in their own.

According to data from the EU statistical office, Portugal ranks 11th among the 27 EU member states, with 77.8% of the population living in their own homes, while 22.2% are renters.

On the other hand, 52.0% of residents in the EU live in houses, 47.5% in apartments, and 0.5% in other types of housing, such as mobile homes, boats, or tents. Ireland (89.3%) has the highest percentage of people living in houses, with only 18.7% living in apartments and 0.1% in other types of housing.

The Netherlands comes in second (78.9%, 18.7%, and 2.4% respectively), followed by Croatia (77.4% living in houses and 22.6% in apartments). The majority of Spaniards, on the other hand, live in apartments (65.6%), followed by Germans (62.5%) and Estonians (60.8%).

Portugal ranks 15th in this table, where the majority (53.3%) of the population lives in houses, while 46.7% live in apartments.

The share of people living in overcrowded housing in Portugal is 9.4%, which is lower than the European average of 16.8%. However, in 2020, 25.2% of the population lived in dilapidated housing, which is the second highest rate after Cyprus (39.1%) and significantly above the EU average of 14.8%.