Country of origin report
Published: 25 March 2025An analysis of titles in Scotland by owner type and location as at 31 December 2024.
This report provides statistics on the country of origin of property owners and tenants in Scotland.
View our latest Country of Origin report.
Read the news release.
Any identifiable land registered title will be included in this statistical report if an address outside Scotland at the time of registration has been provided from:
- its registered owner
- a tenant under a commercial lease
- at least one tenant or owner if there is more than one
We update this report once a year showing details as at 31 December.
We will update this report in 2026, showing details as at 31 December 2025.
If you have a question or you would like more information you can:
- email our land and property data team at: statistics@ros.gov.uk
- telephone our land and property data team on 0800 169 9391
Access the Country of origin company dataset for information about properties in Scotland owned or leased by non UK companies.
A compliance check has been completed on this publication by the Office for Statistics Regulation. You can read the outcome of this assessment.
The Country of origin data has been assessed against the Office for Statistics Regulation’s Quality Assurance of Administrative Data toolkit. Read our Country of origin Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD).
- 31 December 2023: download report (pdf 6.6 MB) and data tables (xlsx, 101 KB)
- 31 December 2022: download report (pdf 7.6 MB) and data tables (xlsx, 109 KB)
- 31 December 2021: download report (pdf 7.6 MB) and data tables (xlsx, 109 KB)
- 31 December 2020: download report (pdf, 1.9 MB) and data tables (xlsx, 80 KB)
- 31 December 2019: download report (pdf) and data tables (xlsx)
- 31 December 2018: download report (pdf) and data tables (xlsx)
- 30 June 2018: download report (pdf) and data tables (xlsx)
- 31 December 2017: download report (pdf)