Equality & Non-Discrimination

Overview

Women in Georgia take part in paid work much less than men, earn less on average, and carry most unpaid domestic work. The adjusted gender pay gap — which compares women and men with similar characteristics — has narrowed since Geostat began publishing it, but remains significant. Georgia has anti-discrimination and gender equality laws, a Public Defender who handles discrimination cases, and labour inspectors with a mandate to examine discrimination at work.

Key figures

Participation and pay

In 2024 women's average monthly earnings were GEL 1,591.6 and men's GEL 2,340.7 (Geostat). Part of the raw gap reflects differences in sector, occupation and hours; the adjusted gap measures the difference that remains.

Georgia, the region and the EU

Sources: Geostat; Eurostat. The EU publishes an unadjusted hourly gap; Georgia publishes an adjusted gap, which is a different concept.

Source: ILOSTAT.

ILO harmonised figures count subsistence farmers as employed and therefore differ from Geostat's national figures; they are used here only to compare countries on one basis. Latest year available in brackets.

An ILO study found Georgia's unadjusted gender wage gap fell from 50% in 2001 to 35.7% in 2017 (ILO, 2022, cited in ETF–Eurofound, 2024). Georgia joined the Equal Pay International Coalition in 2021.

Care and domestic work

"Fulfilling domestic tasks" is the reason for about one in five people being outside the labour force (21.1% in 2025), and most of them are women (Geostat). Young women are also more likely than young men to be NEET: 26.1% against 21.0% among 15–29-year-olds in 2025 (Geostat). See Youth, Skills & Education.

Legal and policy framework

Civil society organisations note that the Labour Code's definition of sexual harassment differs from the Istanbul Convention, and that the Labour Inspection Service had found sexual harassment at work in one case between January 2021 and October 2023 (Social Justice Center et al., 2023).

Research map

• Geostat — adjusted gender pay gap, published since 2022 with UN Women support. geostat.ge
• UN Women (2022) — adjusted gender pay gap published by Geostat for the first time. unwomen.org
• Public Defender of Georgia (2019) — special report on combating and preventing discrimination. ombudsman.ge
• Public Defender of Georgia (2020) — rights of persons with disabilities in Georgia. ombudsman.ge
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung — review of labour legislation on equal remuneration. fes.de
• Social Justice Center et al. (2023) — submission to the UN CESCR, including sexual harassment and maternity leave. Archived copy

Health at work: the WHO perspective

WHO's Global Plan of Action asks for gender-sensitive approaches to workers' health: men and women differ in the sectors they work in, the hazards they face and the way harm is recorded (WHA60.26). In Georgia all recorded workplace deaths in 2023 and 2025 were men, concentrated in construction and mining; women's occupational risks — in health care (58,800 workers), education, textiles and services: infection, violence, psychosocial load, musculoskeletal strain — are largely absent from the accident record. The health workers pages cover the largest female-dominated sector. Workers' health: the public health perspective.

Data gaps

• There is no regular national time-use survey published in accessible form to measure unpaid care work over time.
• Employment data on persons with disabilities are limited.
• Discrimination complaints data are not broken down systematically by ground and sector across institutions.

GILS analyses on this topic

GILS Analysis · 2 Oct 2026Georgia’s NEET Challenge: Why Young Women and Graduates Are Most at Risk of Being Left OutRoughly three in ten young Georgians aged 15–29 have been found to be neither in employment, education nor training (NEET). Among teenagers the NEET share has been falling,…GILS Analysis · 2 Oct 2026Where Work Pays Least in Georgia: The Sector, Gender and Public-Sector Roots of Low PayAverage earnings in Georgia have risen fast — to GEL 2,466 per month by the end of 2025. But the gains are distributed very unevenly. Employees in information…GILS Analysis · 30 Sep 2026Georgia’s Gender Pay Gap: An 11% Adjusted Gap, a One-Third Raw Gap — and an Equal Pay Law Too Narrow to Close ItGeorgian women earn about a third less than men on average. Since 2022, Geostat has also published an adjusted gender pay gap — the gap that remains after…GILS Analysis · 24 Sep 2026Disability and Work in Georgia: Stronger Laws, Very Low Employment — and a Data GapSince 2020 Georgia has adopted a Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, introduced a duty of reasonable accommodation in the Labour Code and created protected workplaces…GILS Analysis · 30 Aug 2026Georgia’s Equality Law After the 2025 Amendments: What Changed — and What It Means for Women at WorkGeorgia's Law on Gender Equality, adopted in 2010, was renamed and amended in April 2025: the term "gender" was removed from it and from related laws and replaced…GILS Analysis · 23 Aug 2026Georgia’s Anti-Discrimination Law at Ten Years: 1,363 Cases, a Stronger Mandate — and Weak Remedies for WorkersGeorgia's Law on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination was adopted on 2 May 2014, creating an equality mechanism within the Public Defender's Office. In its first…

Related data and standards

• Women in the labour force: Georgia in the region
• Labour Law Library

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Sources for this page

• ETF–Eurofound (2024). Working life in Georgia. etf.europa.eu
• Geostat (2026). Labour force indicators by sex; adjusted gender pay gap; earnings by sex. www.geostat.ge
• Matsne (2014). Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination. www.matsne.gov.ge
• UN Women (2022). Adjusted gender pay gap published by Geostat. georgia.unwomen.org
• Social Justice Center et al. (2023). Submission to the UN CESCR (archived copy). web.archive.org

Figures are from the GILS Evidence Register and the official sources shown. GILS is independent of government, trade unions, employers' organisations and the ILO.