Housing in Georgia

Author(s): Irakli Zhvania
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 23
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Jefferson Institute, Washington D.C.; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2010

Georgia's housing situation is typical for the South Caucasus region. Detached houses make up nearly 93 per cent of households in the countryside, whereas flats comprise 67 per cent of the households in urban areas. These numbers should be kept in mind when assessing the existing housing stock, as more than half of the residents of Georgia are in urban areas. The capital city, Tbilisi, is home to one quarter of the total population of Georgia.

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