Tajikistan ranks last among the CIS member nations in terms of urban housing provision.
Over the first three quarters of this year (January-September), an overall space of 1,174,700 square meters in residential buildings have been made available in Tajikistan, which is 23 percent more than in the same period last year.
According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, cities and districts subordinate to the center in January-September ranked first in Tajikistan in terms of The growth of commissioning of residential buildings, making available 330,100 square meters in residential buildings over the reporting period, which is 2.2 times more than in the same period last year.
Over the same nine-month period 408,600 square meters in residential buildings have been made available in Sughd province (25-percent increase), 26,300 square meters in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (13.8-percent increase), and 266,800 square meters in Khatlon province (0.3-percent increase).
Meanwhile, housing provision in Dushanbe over the reporting period has decreased by 23.6 percent compared to January-September last year. Over the first three quarters of this year, 142,700 square meters in residential buildings have been available in the Tajik capital.
An average housing provision in Tajikistan is 10.9 square meters per person, which is 8.23 percent lower than the social norm established by the housing legislation. In Tajikistan, the social norm established by the housing legislation is 12 square meters per person.
Thus, Tajikistan continues to lag behind other CIS member nations in terms of housing provision. According to statistical data from December this year, current living space per person in the CIS member nations looks as follows:
Moldova – 34.3 square meters;
Armenia – 33.9 square meters;
Belarus – 28.9 square meters;
Russia – 27.8 square meters;
Kazakhstan – 23.2 square meters;
Azerbaijan – 20 square meters;
Uzbekistan – 18.2 square meters;
Kyrgyzstan – 13 square meters.
