2020 data: 21.3% of Georgia’s population under poverty line
The share of the population under the absolute poverty line increased by 1.8% in 2020 compared to 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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About 21.3% of Georgia’s population is under the absolute poverty line, shows the latest data of 2020 poverty indicators published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The share of the population under the absolute poverty line increased by 1.8% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Last year 19.5% of Georgia’s population lived under the absolute poverty line.
Most people under the absolute poverty line live in the country’s rural areas.
Geostat said that the share of the population under the absolute poverty line was 27.5% in rural Georgia and 17.1% in urban areas in 2020.
Georgia’s population has slightly increased, reaching 3,728,600 people as of January 1, 2021, says another data from Geostat.
To note, average monthly incomes decreased 6.4% per household and amounted to 1,100.5 GEL, while it decreased 4.4% per capita and amounted to 321.4 GEL in 2020 in Georgia.
In addition, 541,764 people, or 14.5% of the Georgian population receive social assistance from the state and this number has increased by 83,296 individuals in the last one year, announces the Social Service Agency of Georgia.
Social assistance is the only source of income for 151,000 families in Georgia, says the agency.
In total 16,359 marriages were registered in 2020, showing a 29.7% decrease year-on-year, while the number of divorces equalled 7,643 decreasing by 31.8% compared to the previous year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The average monthly income (cash and non-cash inflows) of the Georgian population amounted to 1,194.6 billion GEL in 2020, which is 4.5% less compared to 2019, says the National Statistic Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The unemployment rate in Georgia increased by 0.9% compared to 2019 and amounted to 18.5% in 2020, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In the reporting period the economically active population was made up by 50.5% of the working age population (population aged 15 and older).
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