How homes are heated

The 2022 census asked each household for its main source of heating. The chart shows the share of households for each answer in Armenia as a whole, in urban areas and in rural areas. Shares are calculated out of all 857,545 households, including the 10,014 (1.2%) that did not state a main source.

Across Armenia, 51.8% of households use an individual heating system running on natural gas or electricity. Next come the wood stove (16.3%), the gas stove (13.4%) and the electric heater (7.8%). An individual wood heating system is the main source for 5.2% of households and central heating for 1.7%. 7,993 households (0.9%) have no main heating.

Towns and villages differ. In urban areas 63.8% of households use an individual gas or electric system, in rural areas 24.3%. In rural areas wood is the main source for 55.6% of households: 42.6% with a wood stove and 13.0% with an individual wood heating system.