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Rent indices

How has the rent for housing developed in Denmark? The rent index for housing shows the development in rent broken down by types of rental housing and by region. The rent index covers three different types of rental housing: private rental housing, social housing and cooperative housing. 

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Selected statistics on Rent indices

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Rent index for housing, all of Denmark

The figure shows the quarterly change in rent.
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Last update
15.10.2024
Next update
16.1.2025
Source data

The rent survey is based on a sample of privately owned rented dwellings, social rental housing and cooperative dwellings. The rent development for the social rental housing is based on administrative data from The National Building Fund (Landsbyggefonden) and thus covers the entire population of social rental housing. Privately owned rented dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 110.000 dwellings out of a population of approx. 500.000 privately owned rented dwellings. Cooperative dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 600 dwellings. The same rental dwellings are included in the sample over time (a panel) as far as possible, but the sample is updated on a continues basis with newly built rental dwellings to ensure that the sample continues to reflect the population.

Change in rent compared with the previous year

See the percentage change in rent against the same quarter the year before by type of rental.
More about the figure
Last update
15.10.2024
Next update
16.1.2025
Source data

The rent survey is based on a sample of privately owned rented dwellings, social rental housing and cooperative dwellings. The rent development for the social rental housing is based on administrative data from The National Building Fund (Landsbyggefonden) and thus covers the entire population of social rental housing. Privately owned rented dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 110.000 dwellings out of a population of approx. 500.000 privately owned rented dwellings. Cooperative dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 600 dwellings. The same rental dwellings are included in the sample over time (a panel) as far as possible, but the sample is updated on a continues basis with newly built rental dwellings to ensure that the sample continues to reflect the population.

Rent index for housing by region

See how the rent index for housing has developed in the different regions. 
More about the figure
Last update
15.10.2024
Next update
16.1.2025
Source data

The rent survey is based on a sample of privately owned rented dwellings, social rental housing and cooperative dwellings. The rent development for the social rental housing is based on administrative data from The National Building Fund (Landsbyggefonden) and thus covers the entire population of social rental housing. Privately owned rented dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 110.000 dwellings out of a population of approx. 500.000 privately owned rented dwellings. Cooperative dwellings are covered by a sample of approx. 600 dwellings. The same rental dwellings are included in the sample over time (a panel) as far as possible, but the sample is updated on a continues basis with newly built rental dwellings to ensure that the sample continues to reflect the population.

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Rent indices for commercial real estate (Experimental statistics)

The rent indices for commercial real estate is an experimental statistics for rented property units in the commercial real estate market. The purpose of the statistics is to measure change over time. The statistics is published since 2023 with indices going back to 2021.

Rent indices for housing

The purpose of the statistic Rent indices for housing is to measure the development in rent (housing). The statistic covers the years from 2021.

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