Georgia’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in 2025 compared to the previous year and stood at 13.9%, Geostat reports.
Official statistics show that both employment and the labor force — people actively seeking work — declined last year.
Geostat data shows the labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points year-on-year to 54.5%, while the employment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 46.9%.
The sharpest decline in unemployment was recorded in the regions of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Kvemo Kartli, and Guria, where the rate fell by 3.1, 2.9, and 2 percentage points respectively.
Tbilisi recorded the country’s highest unemployment rate at 17.5%.
The unemployment rate also remained higher among men than women.
Geostat notes that unemployment was highest among people aged 15-19 at 39%, while the lowest rate was recorded among people aged 65 and older at 3.5%, which the agency links to low economic activity in that age group.
In 2025, around 1.4 million people were employed in Georgia, including 961,000 hired employees and 426,000 self-employed individuals, while 224,000 people were considered unemployed.
The labor force in Georgia totaled approximately 1.6 million people last year.
