In Georgia 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.
In addition, social assistance is the only source of income for 151,000 families in Georgia, says the agency.
The town with the highest ratio of the number of aid recipients to the population was Mestia in the Svaneti region of Georgia, where according to the latest data, 65.9% of the local population received social assistance.
On the other hand, only 305 people took social assistance in the ancient Georgian town of Mtskheta, which is 3.1% of the local population.
Last year 339,277,444 GEL was issued for social assistance, while in the first three months of 2021 a total of 89,818,591 has already been transferred.