"The total area of the housing stock for 2024 amounted to 434.3 million square meters, including 287.1 million square meters in urban areas and 147.2 million square meters in rural areas. Compared to the previous year, the area of the housing stock increased by 15.2 million square meters," reads the report.
The provision of housing per person in 2024 amounted to 24.5 square meters. of which 26.9 sq.m in urban areas and 20.7 sq.m in rural areas. According to the data, the indicator has increased by 0.6 sq.m compared to the previous year.
The number of residential buildings in 2024 amounted to 2.5 million units, of which 2.2 million units were individual houses, 306 thousand were apartment buildings.
“The largest number of residential buildings are in the Turkestan and Almaty regions, 340 thousand and 282 thousand units, respectively. Among urban settlements, the largest number of housing is in the city of Almaty - 171 thousand units, among rural ones in the Turkestan region - 263 thousand units,” reads the report.
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