Based on preliminary information provided by GeoStat, in 2017, GDP per capita in Georgia was 4078 USD. However, the picture is different according to regions.
By the 2016 verified data, in Tbilisi, total added value per capita was 5427.7 USD, while in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, it was 2301.4 USD.
Average salaries, unemployment rate and number of locally registered business is different in the regions. Traditionally, major part of the economy is concentrated in Tbilisi:
Tbilisi
Total added value per capita (USD): 5427.7
Unemployment rate: 27.7%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 384.6
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL) 1065.1
Kakheti
Total added value per capita (USD): 2256.0
Unemployment rate: 3.7%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 179.6
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL) 561.8
Kvemo Kartli
Total added value per capita (USD): 2327.3
Unemployment rate: 14.1%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 40
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL) 763.8
Mtskheta Mtianeti Region
Total added value per capita (USD): 2139.4
Unemployment rate: 7.8%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 9
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 914.2
Shida Kartli
Total added value per capita (USD): 2139.4
(the data is integrated with the data of Mtskheta Mtianeti Region)
Unemployment rate: 12.9%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 17
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 553.5
Samtskhe-Javakheti
Total added value per capita (USD): 2326.4
Unemployment rate: 5.9%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 10.4
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 626.6
Imereti
Total added value per capita (USD): 2301.4
Unemployment rate: 14%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 264.5
(the data is integrated with the data of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region)
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 619.3
Racha-Lechkhumi and Lvemo Svaneti
Total added value per capita (USD): 3074.1
Unemployment rate: 14%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 264.5
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 475.3
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Total added value per capita (USD): 2645.2
Unemployment rate: 8.6%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 28.9
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 662.5
Guria
Total added value per capita (USD): 644.1
Unemployment rate: 2.7%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 71.1
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 517.2
Adjara
Total added value per capita (USD): 3132.6
Unemployment rate: 10.9%
Total number of employed people (thousand people): 166
Average monthly remuneration for employed people – in business sector (GEL): 845.4
