In a forthcoming MBA White Paper, “Implications of a Persistent Slowing in Housing Demand,” MBA’s Research and Economics team examines, among other topics, homeownership rates in the United States by age and by race and ethnicity. The overall homeownership rate stood at 65.3 percent in the first quarter of 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
With the World Cup underway and pundits ranking national football (soccer) teams, it is useful to adopt a similar comparative lens to examine homeownership rates across countries — assessing how the United States compares and identifying some of the factors underlying cross-country variation.
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week presents homeownership rates for the United States and 25 selected countries, including several participating in the World Cup.
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