Number of dwellings (Absolute value) by country

Name: Number of dwellings (Absolute value)
Creator: European Central Bank
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Countries reporting

Highest

42,235

Germany

Lowest

262.24

Malta

Median

4,441

Years covered

114

1905–2018

Data points

897

What the numbers show

Number of dwellings (Absolute value) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 42,235 in Germany; the lowest is 262.24 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,441, and the mean is 9,869.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 161.

Number of dwellings (Absolute value): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Germany	42,235	2018	up 5.4%	rising
2	France	35,720	2017	up 11.0%	rising
3	Italy	34,996	2017	up 22.4%	rising
4	United Kingdom	28,073	2014	up 7.8%	rising
5	Spain	25,094	2017	up 4.3%	rising
6	Poland	14,440	2017	up 11.1%	rising
7	Romania	8,841	2014	up 8.1%	rising
8	Netherlands	7,686	2017	up 8.7%	rising
9	Greece	6,572	2011	up 17.8%	rising
10	Belgium	5,016	2017	up 9.4%	rising
11	Sweden	4,925	2018	up 9.3%	rising
12	Czechia	4,757	2011	up 8.9%	rising
13	Austria	4,441	2011	up 15.0%	rising
14	Hungary	4,420	2016	up 5.0%	rising
15	Bulgaria	3,952	2017	up 5.5%	rising
16	Finland	2,934	2015	up 10.0%	rising
17	Denmark	2,835	2018	up 4.6%	rising
18	Croatia	2,231	2016	up 14.0%	rising
19	Ireland	2,019	2013	up 28.2%	rising
20	Slovak Republic	1,832	2016	up 6.5%	rising
21	Lithuania	1,451	2018	up 11.0%	rising
22	Slovenia	851.2	2016	up 4.8%	rising
23	Estonia	706.24	2017	up 10.7%	rising
24	Cyprus	443.8	2014	up 35.7%	rising
25	Malta	262.24	2017	up 31.5%	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Late-demographic dividend 253,308
Pre-demographic dividend 250,917
Euro area 19 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2015 172,973
Euro area 18 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2014 171,605
Euro area 17 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2011 170,492

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About this data

Indicator: Number of dwellings (Absolute value)
Source: European Central Bank
Licence: ECB Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 30 places, 897 data points, 1905–2018
Last refreshed: 01 November 2026