Shows the price/rent ratio and gross rental yield (%) for each country. The price/rent ratio indicates the years of rent which would be required to buy such an apartment.

  • Price-to-Rent Ratio below 16: It's generally cheaper to buy a home than to rent.
  • Price-to-Rent Ratio between 17 and 20: The cost of buying and renting is roughly comparable.
  • Price-to-Rent Ratio above 21: It's generally cheaper to rent than to buy.

Note: The national Price/Rent Ratio is derived from our in-house research by individually dividing the median price of 1, 2, and 3 bedroom dwellings in each city by their respective median annual rent, with the final ratio representing the average of these calculations across all bedroom types.

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Andorra 21x 5.58%
Argentina 20x 5.09%
Australia 26x 4.69%
Austria 26x 3.82%
Belgium 17x 4.32%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25x 3.99%
Brazil 15x 5.71%
Bulgaria 23x 4.19%
Cambodia 15x 7.54%
Canada 18x 5.72%
Chile 21x 4.82%
China 38x 2.62%
Colombia 13x 6.87%
Costa Rica 12x 7.80%
Croatia 18x 4.42%
Cyprus 22x 5.09%
Czech Republic 28x 3.44%
Denmark 32x 4.09%
Dominican Republic 13x 7.78%
Egypt 14x 6.72%
Estonia 25x 4.18%
Finland 25x 5.53%
France 22x 4.84%
Georgia 14x 7.42%
Germany 25x 3.51%
Greece 21x 4.40%
Hong Kong 26x 3.55%
Hungary 18x 4.69%
Iceland 19x 5.34%
India 28x 5.09%
Indonesia 25x 8.30%
Ireland 14x 7.71%
Israel 42x 3.15%
Italy 19x 7.23%
Japan 31x 4.55%
Kazakhstan 9x 10.50%
Latvia 11x 7.28%
Lithuania 21x 5.87%
Luxembourg 33x 3.35%
Macau 52x 1.91%
Malaysia 20x 5.19%
Malta 22x 3.92%
Mauritius 35x 3.22%
Mexico 15x 6.06%
Moldova 12x 8.23%
Montenegro 16x 5.59%
Morocco 13x 7.31%
Netherlands 20x 6.28%
New Zealand 24x 4.12%
North Macedonia 15x 6.53%
Norway 30x 4.58%
Panama 12x 7.03%
Peru 17x 5.94%
Philippines 20x 5.23%
Poland 13x 6.17%
Portugal 26x 4.33%
Puerto Rico 17x 7.43%
Qatar 24x 5.17%
Romania 12x 6.02%
Russia 20x 6.15%
Saudi Arabia 15x 7.34%
Serbia 14x 5.63%
Singapore 32x 3.13%
Slovakia 25x 4.59%
Slovenia 24x 4.08%
South Africa 11x 10.93%
South Korea 22x n.a.
Spain 21x 5.43%
Sweden 22x 5.46%
Switzerland 39x 2.92%
Taiwan 47x 2.20%
Thailand 17x 6.49%
Turkey 15x 7.32%
Ukraine 13x 7.55%
United Arab Emirates 15x 5.45%
United Kingdom 19x 6.98%
United States 23x 6.56%
Uruguay 21x 4.97%
Vietnam 34x 3.85%

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