Share of households in Belgium and the Netherlands living in a rent dwelling 2016

The data displays the share of households in Belgium and the Netherlands living in a rent dwelling in 2016. In 2016, approx. one quarter of all Belgian households use a lease and rent a house.

In the second quarter of 2017, the average housing rent in the Netherlands increased to reach a value of 14,85 euros per square meter whilst the average rent in the city of Amsterdam reached a value of approx. 22 euros per square meter.