Turkmenistan: housing
12 answers, 7 from Turkmenistan's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
How much living space do people have in Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan had 1,344,268 residential premises with 165.2 million square metres of floor space at the 2022 census, an average of 23.8 square metres per occupant, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics.
Space per occupant ranged from 20.6 square metres in Ahal velayat and 20.7 in Mary velayat to 28.3 in Dashoguz velayat; Ashgabat city had 22.9. The census also records household access to services: 1,406,394 households had electricity and 1,360,538 had network gas, according to the housing conditions tables.
How big are households in Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan had 1,420,838 private households at the 2022 census, with an average of 4.9 people each, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. Households averaged 4.4 people in urban settlements, 5.4 in rural areas and 4.1 in Ashgabat city.
Four-person households were the most common type, at 288,841, or 20.3% of the total. 176,923 households (12.5%) had eight or more members, while 117,189 (8.2%) were people living alone. The census counted households and the people in them on 17 December 2022.
How many homes in Turkmenistan are privately owned?
1,201,056 of Turkmenistan's 1,344,268 residential premises (89.3%) were private property at the 2022 census, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. The other 143,212 (10.7%) were state-owned.
State ownership is mostly urban: 129,615 state-owned premises were in urban settlements and 13,597 in rural areas. In Ashgabat city 19.6% of premises were state-owned. By region, private property ranged from 80.4% of premises in Ashgabat city to 94.8% in Dashoguz velayat. The census records ownership of the premises, not whether occupants rent or own them.
How old is Turkmenistan's housing?
Of Turkmenistan's 1,005,671 residential buildings at the 2022 census, 282,661 (28.1%) were built between 1971 and 1990, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. 217,469 (21.6%) dated from 2011 to 2020 and 10,832 from 2021 or later.
132,329 buildings (13.2%) were built before 1971. Most buildings had stone or brick outer walls (799,081, or 79.5%), while 180,424 (17.9%) had clay (pagsa) walls. Clay walls were far more common in rural areas, at 150,246 of 598,582 rural buildings, about one in four. The census counts buildings, which can hold more than one dwelling.
How many homes in Turkmenistan have a bathroom and sewerage?
2,995,894 of the 6,945,195 people living in residential premises in Turkmenistan (43.1%) had a bathroom or shower inside their home at the 2022 census, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. 3,948,954 (56.9%) used one outside the premises.
1,786,886 people (25.7%) lived in homes on centralised sewerage, all in urban settlements, and 3,252,430 (46.8%) used an individual system. 2,699,196 (38.9%) had centralised water supply and 4,245,999 (61.1%) an individual water system. Every occupant had electricity and 6,738,847 (97.0%) had network gas. The census counted only the first answer for each type of amenity.
How are homes in Turkmenistan heated?
352,045 of Turkmenistan's 1,420,838 households (24.8%) had centralised heating at the 2022 census, according to the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics. 709,132 (49.9%) were heated by individual units or boilers and 427,033 (30.1%) by heaters; 93,200 used electric heaters and 27,281 split systems.
All centralised heating was in urban settlements. For hot water, 269,532 households (19.0%) had a centralised supply, again all urban, and 731,694 (51.5%) used individual water heaters. The shares are worked out here from the census table of households by type of heating and hot water supply, and the heating categories add up to more than the total.
How many people in Turkmenistan live in unsafe housing?
0.05% of Turkmenistan's urban population lived in dilapidated or emergency housing in 2025, according to the TurkmenStat SDG platform (indicator 11.1.1). The share was 0.5% in 2024 and 0.1% in each year from 2021 to 2023.
As titled on the platform, the national indicator counts urban residents of buildings officially classed as dilapidated or in emergency condition. That is narrower than the international SDG definition, which also covers slums, informal settlements and inadequate housing. The platform does not publish a figure for rural areas.
International comparisons
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
How many people in Turkmenistan have electricity?
In 2024, the share of people with access to electricity in Turkmenistan was 100.0%, according to the World Bank. No year since 2005 has been higher. Europe & Central Asia median: 100.0%; Turkmenistan is 1st highest of 52. Worldwide: 1st of 193.
How many people in Turkmenistan have clean water?
According to WHO and UNICEF, the share of people using safely managed drinking water in Turkmenistan was 94.9% in 2024. No year since 2005 has been higher. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 96.7%, and Turkmenistan placed 31st highest of 51. World rank, highest first: 44th of 134.
What share of homes in Turkmenistan cook with clean fuels?
In 2024, the share of people using clean cooking fuels in Turkmenistan was 100.0%, according to the WHO. It has not changed since 2005. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 99.0%, and Turkmenistan placed 1st highest of 51. World rank, highest first: 1st of 192.
Official bodies in Turkmenistan
- National Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan
- Turkmenistan SDG national reporting platformRun by the State Committee on Statistics, it publishes annual national data for the Sustainable Development Goal indicators, most series to 2025.
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