Rental Housing - UN-Habitat

Table 1. Housing tenure for selected countries, per cent (1994-2002)Country Year Ownership Renting OtherAfricaBenin 1994 63 37 -Egypt 1996 69 31 -Niger 1998 93 7 -South Africa 1996 77 22 2AsiaIndia 2001 87 11 3Iran 1996 81 19 -Republic of Korea 1995 75 25 -Singapore 1995 91 10 1Thailand 1996 87 13 -Latin AmericaBolivia 1997 60 18 22Brazil 1998 74 25 1Chile 2002 73 20 8Colombia 1997 61 35 5Mexico 1998 78 22 -Developed countriesAustria 1999 50 50 -Canada 1998 62 33 5Finland 2000 58 31 11France 1996 54 38 8Germany 1998 40 60 -Ireland 1999 80 20 -The Netherlands 1999 53 47 -Norway 2001 77 23 -Sweden 1998 42 39 19Spain 1999 83 11 6United Kingdom 2000 69 31 -United States of America 1997 66 34 -Note: Countries have been selected where results look relatively reliable and are for1994 or later. Informal owners, including squatters have been included as owners. Bothtenants with formal contracts and those renting with a verbal contract in informalhousing areas have been included as tenants. Many countries have failed to separate outnon-rental forms of non-ownership, e.g., sharing. The data have many flaws and thistable should not be regarded as much more than an approximation of the tenure mix.Figures may not add to 100 per cent due to rounding.Source: Bolivia and Colombia, UNECLAC and UNCHS, 2000: 25; France, Finland,Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom – Sak and Raponi, 2002: 34;Norway – Statistics Norway, 2002; Singapore – Doling and others 2003: 4, citing the1995 household survey; Sweden – Ditch and others 2001 citing SABO; India –Government of India, 2001; others – UNCHS, 2001a: 277; 2003a: 255.Chapter I: Introduction 9