Based on a comparison of 33 countries in 2022, Germany ranked the highest in number of mortgage loans with 11.3 mil followed by France and Spain. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 0.003 mil, Macedonia with 0.004 mil and Albania with 0.007 mil.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Mortgage Loans indicator page.
Number of Mortgage Loans | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Belgium | mil | 2.06 | 2.08 | 2.05 | 2.11 | 2.14 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Czechia | mil | 0.937 | 0.974 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark | mil | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.26 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Finland | mil | ... | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.10 | ... | ||||||||||||||
France | mil | ... | ... | 9.05 | 9.36 | 9.40 | 8.93 | 9.24 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Germany | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 11.3 | ... | ... | |||||||
Italy | mil | ... | 3.47 | 3.32 | 3.51 | 3.89 | 4.11 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | mil | ... | ... | 4.73 | 4.75 | 4.77 | 4.83 | 4.85 | ... | |||||||||||||
Norway | mil | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.55 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Poland | mil | 2.14 | 2.25 | 2.39 | 2.47 | 2.55 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Portugal | mil | ... | 1.53 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.61 | 1.55 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
Spain | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.39 | 5.41 | 5.27 | 5.67 | 5.77 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
Sweden | mil | ... | 2.40 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.44 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.50 | 1.52 | ... | ... | |||||||
Turkey | mil | 1.67 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.79 | 1.72 | ... | ... |