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Vacant-home rate
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Private rent (avg.)
Home-ownership rate
House price / m² (median)
Used condo price / m² (median)
Lot area per dwelling
Vacant-home rate
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Housing · National ranking
Vacant-home rate
As of 2023
Official latest
Share of vacant homes among all dwellings. High values signal a stagnant housing market.
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Tokushima
21.3
%
2
Wakayama
21.2
%
3
Kagoshima
20.5
%
4
Yamanashi
20.4
%
5
Kochi
20.3
%
6
Nagano
20.1
%
7
Ehime
19.8
%
8
Yamaguchi
19.4
%
9
Oita
19.1
%
10
Kagawa
18.6
%
11
Nagasaki
17.3
%
12
Iwate
17.3
%
13
Shimane
17.0
%
14
Tochigi
16.9
%
15
Shizuoka
16.7
%
16
Gunma
16.7
%
17
Aomori
16.7
%
18
Okayama
16.5
%
19
Miyazaki
16.3
%
20
Mie
16.3
%
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2026
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