Regional GDP 2020: Tbilisi accounts for 50.5% of Georgia’s GDP

The largest share of annual gross domestic product (GDP) of Georgia by region is held by the capital city of Tbilisi with 50.5%, followed by the regions of Adjara (8.9%) and Imereti (8.4%), the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reports.

The GDP of Georgia at current prices amounted to 49.26 billion GEL (about 15.9$bln/€14bln) in 2020, Geostat says. 

GDP by regions of Georgia are as followed:

• Tbilisi - 21.7 billion GEL (50.5%)
• Adjara - 3.8 billion GEL (8.9%)
• Imereti - 3.6 billion GEL (8.4%)
• Kvemo Kartli - 3.4 billion GEL (8%)
• Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 2.7 billion GEL (6.4%)
• Kakheti - 2.2 billion GEL (5.1%)
• Shida Kartli - 1.9 billion GEL (4.4%)
• Samtskhe-Javakheti - 1.4 billion GEL (3.5%)
• Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 1.1 billion GEL (2.6%)
• Guria - 680 million GEL (1.6%)
• Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 250 million GEL (0.6%)

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The largest GDP contributing activities in Tbilisi were: 

• Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (22.8%)
• Real estate activities (12.8%)
• Construction (11.5%)

In Adjara, which is the second region of Georgia in terms of value-added volume, the primary sectors included:

• Real estate activities (16.2%)
• Construction (14%)
• Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (10.1%)

In Imereti the main spheres of economic activities were:

• Agriculture, forestry and fishing (14%)
• Manufacturing (12.9%)
• Real estate activities (12.2%)

Meanwhile, in Kvemo Kartli the following sectors were the largest:

• Manufacturing (25.5%)
• Agriculture, forestry and fishing (17.3%)
• Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (7.9%)