Category: Data & Wages
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Georgia’s Minimum Wage Has Been GEL 20 Since 1999. The Math Doesn’t Work.
At GEL 20 per month, Georgia’s statutory minimum wage is not a floor — it is a legal fiction. A comprehensive review is long overdue. In 1999, Georgia’s statutory minimum wage was set at GEL 20 per month. Twenty-seven years later, it remains at GEL 20 per month. Over that same period, Georgia’s nominal GDP…
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Youth Unemployment at 17.5%: A Historic Low That Still Demands Attention
Georgia’s youth unemployment rate has fallen from 39.9% in 2009 to 17.5% in 2024 — a genuine achievement that masks persistent quality and skills challenges. Georgia’s youth unemployment rate — measured for the 15–24 age cohort — fell to 17.5 percent in 2024, its lowest level since the Geostat Labour Force Survey began systematic tracking…
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Labour Underutilisation in Georgia Is Double the Headline Rate — The ILO Has a Better Measure
The 13.3% unemployment rate captures one dimension of Georgia’s labour market slack. The ILO’s composite underutilisation measure — at approximately 21% — captures the full picture. Georgia’s official unemployment rate of 13.3 percent in 2024 is the figure that appears in government communiqués, international assessments, and economic forecasts. It is a real number, derived from…
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OECD: Employment Rates in Eastern Partnership Countries Lag EU Average by 14 Points
New OECD data shows structural employment gaps across the Eastern Partnership remain despite a decade of economic growth. The OECD Employment Outlook 2024, published in July 2024, includes a dedicated section on labour market trends in Eastern Partnership countries — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The findings confirm what national labour force surveys have…
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Georgia Wire: Geostat Releases Q2 2026 Labour Force Survey — Key Findings
Georgia’s National Statistics Office published Q2 2026 LFS data showing continued improvement in employment but persistent regional disparities. The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) released the Q2 2026 Labour Force Survey results in late August, providing the most recent systematic snapshot of Georgian labour market conditions. The headline figures show continued improvement from the…
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Decent Work Index for Georgia: 4.7 Out of 10 — What Each Pillar Reveals
GILS’s composite Decent Work Index scores Georgia across 11 ILO dimensions. Employment quality and social dialogue are the weakest areas. The ILO’s Decent Work framework — developed in 1999 and progressively operationalised through its Decent Work Indicators project — measures labour market outcomes across 11 dimensions: employment opportunities, adequate earnings and productive work, decent working…