Armenia’s housing stock grew 7.8% to 110 million square meters in 2025

The total floor area of Armenia’s housing stock grew by 7.8% in 2025, from 102.2 million to 110.1 million sq m. According to the Statistical Committee of Armenia, housing per resident rose from 33.2 to 35.6 sq m over the year, and private houses account for 70.1% of the stock. Part of the increase reflects a change in data source: in 2025 the figures on floor area and the number of dwellings came from the Cadastre Committee and cover only state-registered property.

In 2024, apartment data came from reports by communities, homeowners’ associations and managers, the figures for Yerevan’s Arabkir district used 2023 data, and the Cadastre Committee removed summer cottages, garden houses and outbuildings from the count of residential houses. A direct comparison of the two years is therefore limited.

Private houses and apartment buildings

The number of private residential houses rose by 1% over the year to 433.9 thousand, while their floor area grew by 8% to 77.2 million sq m. Armenia’s 19.4 thousand apartment buildings contain 468.2 thousand apartments, 1.3% more than a year earlier. Their combined area increased by 8.2% to 32.9 million sq m, or 29.9% of the stock.

The average private house is about 178 sq m (about 167 in 2024) and the average apartment about 70 sq m (66). Urban housing expanded by 7.1% to 61.2 million sq m (55.6%), and rural housing by 8.7% to 48.9 million sq m.

Regions: fastest growth in Gegharkunik and Kotayk

Yerevan accounts for 31.3 million sq m, or 28.4% of the national housing stock, after growth of 10.5% over the year. The stock grew faster in the provinces (marzes) of Gegharkunik (up 15.6% to 8.7 million sq m) and Kotayk (up 14.9% to 13.1 million). Growth was slowest in Shirak (0.6%) and Lori (1.2%). Vayots Dzor province has the least housing, at 2.2 million sq m.

Yerevan’s apartment buildings hold 273 thousand apartments (8.1% more than in 2024), and the capital has 65.7 thousand private houses (up 1.6%), or 15.2% of all residential houses in the country.

Housing per resident

Armenia has an average of 35.6 sq m of housing per person: 30.9 sq m in towns (28.8 in 2024) and 43.8 sq m in villages (41.3).

Tavush province has the highest figure at 55.7 sq m (54.7), followed by Aragatsotn at 48.3 (45.7) and Kotayk at 43.9 (38.7). In Kotayk’s villages it rose from 54.9 to 63.2 sq m. Residents of Yerevan, at 27.3 sq m (24.8), and Shirak province, at 31.5 sq m (31.3), have the least space.

The indicator is based on housing floor area and the resident population as of January 1, 2026, excluding non-privatized dormitories.

Apartments by size

Since 2025 the Statistical Committee has defined the number of rooms by floor area, so this breakdown cannot be compared with 2024, when apartments were classified by rooms. Three-room apartments of 66–85 sq m are the most common, at 36.5%. Two-room units (45–65 sq m) make up 28.2%, one-room units (up to 45 sq m) 15.1%, four-room units (86–105 sq m) 14.2% and apartments of 106 sq m or more 6%.

This breakdown covers 469.9 thousand apartments, 1.7 thousand more than the overall total. The Statistical Committee explains that the Cadastre Committee counted the total by property unit and the breakdown by building, and a single property unit may include more than one building, which leads to double counting.

Yerevan holds 58.4% of the country’s apartments. The largest numbers are in the administrative districts of Arabkir (45.3 thousand), Kentron (40.6 thousand) and Malatia-Sebastia (31.2 thousand). Kentron has 8.4 thousand apartments of 106 sq m or more, almost 30% of all such apartments nationwide.

What was built

The number of apartment buildings rose by 57 over the year. Of these, 68.5% are stone, 22.4% prefabricated panel and 8.2% monolithic concrete. Two-storey (4.8 thousand) and five-storey (3.6 thousand) buildings are the most common. Buildings of nine or more storeys increased from 2,917 to 2,956, 77% of them in Yerevan.

Age and elevators

The Statistical Committee gives separate data for 11.1 thousand apartment buildings managed or serviced by communities, Yerevan’s administrative districts and legal entities. Buildings run by homeowners’ associations, trust managers and authorized managers are not included in this sample.

Of these buildings, 85.1% were commissioned before 1991, and about 1.2 thousand before 1950. Only 189, or 1.7%, have been built since 2011, nine more than a year earlier.

Elevators are installed in 601 buildings in the sample, with 949 in total. Kotayk province has the most (413 elevators in 233 buildings), while Yerevan has 229 in 128 buildings.

Dormitories

The area of non-privatized dormitories fell by 6.4% over the year, from 204.3 thousand to 191.2 thousand sq m, of which 58.6 thousand sq m is in Yerevan. The Statistical Committee records them separately from the housing stock as collective living quarters, in line with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recommendations for the 2030 population and housing censuses.