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

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

Agenda.ge, 24 Dec 2021 - 16:14, Tbilisi,Georgia

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%)

Image: Geostat.

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%)