Three subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District top the rating of Russian regions in terms of availability of utilities

Ingushetia ranks first in Russia for the lowest share of household expenses on housing and communal services (HCS). According to Rosstat, in 2024, the average family in the republic spent only 4.6% of its income on HCS.

Ingushetia is followed by Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan, where this figure is 6% and 6.2%, respectively. Chechnya is in 8th place (7.3% of family income), North Ossetia is in 12th (7.7%), Stavropol Krai is in 45th (9.2%), Karachay-Cherkessia is in 46th (9.3%).

At the same time, in other regions of the country, such as Buryatia, Magadan and Novgorod regions, HCS expenses are the highest and exceed 13%. Experts note that within the North Caucasus Federal District there is also a spread in housing and communal services costs: the lowest in Ingushetia, the highest in Karachay-Cherkessia (9.3%).

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