Residential care institutions for children in Russia, 2019–2024
From 2019 to 2024, Russia recorded the number of residential institutions for children, including orphanages and children's homes, and the number of residents. The table rows allow for tracking the trends of each type of organization, as well as changes in the number of children under state care. The indicators reflect the national situation; the number of children is reported in thousands, while the number of institutions is provided in absolute units
Chart showing trends in the number of orphanages and children's homes in Russia from 2019 to 2024
- Number of infant homes
- Children in them, thousand people
- Number of children's homes2)
- Children in them, thousand people
- Number of children's home-schools2)
- Children in them, thousand people
- Number of boarding homes for children4)
- Children in them, thousand people
See also
- Сколько преступлений в России за год: 1,91 млн в 2024-м indicator breakdown
Set in numbers
8 series are published here, from 2019 to 2024, 6 reporting periods. 40 values in total.
“Number of infant homes” fell by a factor of 4.6 between 2019 and 2024: from 139 to 30.
All table numbers are series: 8
| Series | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Число домов ребенка | 139,00 | 136,00 | 134,00 | 116,00 | 86,00 | 30,00 |
| В них детей, тыс. человек | 7,10 | 6,20 | 6,00 | 5,30 | 3,50 | 1,30 |
| Число детских домов2); | 601,00 | 596,00 | 580,00 | 569,00 | 617,00 | — |
| В них детей, тыс. человек | 22,50 | 21,50 | 21,80 | 21,70 | 24,70 | — |
| Число детских домов-школ2); | 12,00 | 10,00 | 9,00 | 7,00 | 5,00 | — |
| В них детей, тыс. человек | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,40 | 0,30 | — |
| Число домов-интернатов для детей4); | 235,00 | 243,00 | 228,00 | 224,00 | — | — |
| В них детей, тыс. человек | 37,30 | 26,60 | 31,50 | 19,40 | — | — |
How to read this table
The eight table rows divide the indicators into the number of organizations and the number of children residing in them. Comparing these data shows how the network of institutions and the occupancy of orphanages changed over six years. Rows are grouped by institution type, facilitating an assessment of orphanages—where the number of institutions decreased from 139 in 2019 to 30 in 2024—and tracking the overall coverage of children by the state care system
What is visible in these numbers
The largest value belongs to “Number of children's homes2)” — 617; the smallest is “Number of children's home-schools2)” at 5. The gap between them is 123-fold.
The table is 83% filled: Rosstat does not publish every cell, and the gaps are left as they are rather than interpolated.
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Period and application
The statistics cover the period from 2019 to 2024 and are updated annually by Rosstat as part of monitoring the population's standard of living. This information is essential for social policy specialists, charitable organization employees, and researchers of demographic processes studying the system of institutional care for minors in modern Russia
1) Данные Минздрава России.
2) Данные Минпросвещения России.
3) С 2024 года информация не разрабатывается.
4) Данные Минтруда России.
5) С 2023 года данные не формируются в связи с отменой формы федерального статистического наблюдения No 3-собес.
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