IN 2024, GEORGIA HAD NATURAL POPULATION DECREASE AND MIGRATION SURPLUS

In 2024, Georgia had a negative natural population increase, amounting to 4,488 people, and a positive migration balance of 14,386 people, Sakstat reported.

In the reporting year, there were 121,425 emigrants from the country, whose number has decreased by 50.5% year-on-year. More...

“SAKSTAT” PUBLISHED NEW INDICATORS IN FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION STATISTICS

In April, Sakstat first published data on the granting/deprivation of Georgian citizenship. Data on the new indicator is available starting from 2015. More...

SINCE OCTOBER 2024, NUMBER OF VACANCIES PUBLISHED ON “JOBS.GE” HAS BEEN DECLINING

From January to March, 17,886 vacancies were published on the jobs.ge vacancy website, which is 15.7% lower than in the same period in 2024, PMCG indicated in its recent employment review.

As the review notes, the category of administration and management had the most impact on reduction of the overall number of vacancies. More...

NBG: IN MARCH, INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES INCREASED BY $101.7M

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that in March, its interventions on Bmatch platform resulted in increase of international foreign currency reserves by $101.7 million. As a result, Georgia’s international reserves amount to $4.31 billion. More...

GEORGIAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY: GEORGIAN SIDE PROPOSED TO HOLD A “HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT AND TRADE” MEETING WITH THE US

During the visit to the US, Georgia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili met with Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative Silvia Savich.

According to Georgian Ministry of Economy, the meeting scoped discussion of priority areas of trade relations between Georgia and the US. More...

IN 2024, GEORGIA’S PRODUCTION OF PERENNIAL CROPS INCREASED BY 27.4%

In 2024, Georgia’s production of perennial crops amounted to 620,500 t, Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported. If compared to 2023, the volume has increased by 27.4% (133,600 t). More...

IN Q1, 20.6% OF ALLOCATIONS FROM GOVERNMENT RESERVE FUND WERE NOT USED

From January to March, the sum allocated in 8 cases from the reserve fund of Georgia’s government amounted to 4.14 million lari, Georgian State Treasury reported.

At that, actual expenses amounted to 3.29 million lari, so that 854,700 lari remained unspent as of April 1 (i.e. 20.6% of total allocation), the State Treasury said. More...

REGULATING COMMISSION ADJUSTED TARIFFS FOR “ENGURHES” AND “VARDNILHES”

At a meeting on April 24, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulating Commission adjusted electricity generation tariffs for series of EngurHES and VardnilHES hydroelectric power stations.

Namely, the Commission decided that electricity generation tariff for EngurHES from May 1 until enactment of the target model of electricity market will make up 4.021 tetri/kWh, while from the moment of enactment of the target model of electricity market until January 1, 2027 – 2.412 tetri/kWh. More...

Tabula: “REVAZ SOKHADZE WILL REPLACE IRAKLI KARSELADZE ON THE POST OF INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER”

Irakli Karseladze leaves the post of Georgia’s Minister of Infrastructure. According to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Karseladze made the decision to resign himself. More...

Bankebi da Finansebi: “TURNAVA: IMF MISSION WILL ARRIVE IN GEORGIA SOON, AND WE WILL HAVE A MORE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ON KEY ISSUES OF FURTHER COOPERATION”

In the near future, the IMF mission will arrive in Georgia, declared Natia Turnava, president of the National Bank of Georgia. “We will have a more substantive discussion on key issues of further cooperation”, she said. More...

Rezonansi: “RUSSIA ESTABLISHES AIR COMMUNICATION WITH SUKHUMI – WHAT COUNTER-MECHANISMS DO TBILISI HAVE?”

From May 1, it is planned to start air communication between Sukhumi and Moscow. In this regard, Georgia appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with a request to ban Russian airlines from flying to Sukhumi. More...

Rezonansi: ““TAV GEORGIA” TRIES TO RETAIN CONTROL OVER TBILISI AND BATUMI AIRPORTS AFTER 2027 TOO”

For 20 years, TAV Georgia (operator of Tbilisi and Batumi airports) has been operating in the Georgian market. The company’s contract expires in 2027. More...

EMPLOYMENT TRACKER (MARCH, 2025)

AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING A SALARY

In March 2025, the number of persons receiving a monthly salary increased by 0.3% compared to the corresponding period of 2024 and by 5.0% compared to the corresponding period of 2023, amounting to 962,985¹.

In March 2025, the share of persons receiving a monthly salary up to 600 GEL amounted to 13.7%, which was 2.2 percentage points less than the corresponding period of 2024, and 5.1 percentage points lower than the corresponding period of 2023. More...