Average size of newly-built living spaces in the U.S. and USSR 1975-1989
In the 1970s and 1980s, the average size of newly built houses in the United States was often three times larger than those in the Soviet Union. While this is reflective of the fact that there were more houses than apartments built in the U.S. during this period (and vice versa in the USSR), new apartments in the U.S. were still around 90 square meters in size, which is still considerably larger than those in the Soviet Union.