The ILO's flagship reports set the global benchmark for the world of work. GILS translates their findings to Georgia: each Georgia Edition sets the ILO's results beside Georgian data, explains the differences and draws out the policy implications.
How Georgia compares with the ILO's global picture: unemployment, the jobs gap, women, youth and informality.
Read →The ILO's 2026 skills report applied to Georgia: vocational reform, adult learning, mismatch and the apprenticeship standard (R208).
Read →What the ILO's evidence says about AI — and what it means for young Georgians entering work.
Read →| Indicator | World (ILO, 2026) | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 4.9% | 8.2% (2025, ILO-harmonised) · ILOSTAT; national rate 13.9% · Geostat |
| Broad underutilisation | Jobs gap of 408 million | LU4 28.8% (2024) · Geostat via PMCG |
| Youth unemployment | 12.4% | 23.7% (2025, ILO-harmonised) · ILOSTAT |
| Youth NEET rate | 20% | 15.3% (2025, ILO-harmonised) · ILOSTAT |
| Women's labour force participation gap with men | 24.2% less likely | About 33% less likely (2025) · GILS calculation from Geostat |
| Informal employment | 2.1 billion workers | 37.1% of employment (2022) · ILO WP 159 |
World figures: ILO, Employment and Social Trends 2026 (DOI 10.54394/AHRT2681). Georgian unemployment, youth unemployment and NEET figures are ILO-harmonised estimates (ILOSTAT) so that they are comparable with the world figures; Geostat's national rates use national methodology and are higher.
Previous edition of the ILO's annual trends report (archive).
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