The investment rating covers 12 economic regions of Georgia, including Tbilisi, the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli, and Shida Kartli. The rating is ranked according to 13 parameters split into 6 groups: social-demographic characteristics, socioeconomic situation, business climate, infrastructure, comfort of hotel and tourism facilities, and agriculture. Tbilisi came in first place among the regions which got the highest total score. Imereti and Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti have shared the second place. Besides, Tbilisi won the rating by a small margin – just by 0.2 points. The same goes for other regions, which indicates an even economic development of the regions and the capital of Georgia.With the stable socio-demographic indicators, as well as the number of higher and secondary educational institutions fixed over the last 3 years, it is noteworthy that Tbilisi comes last in the rating in terms of the number of secondary educational institutions per capita. The financial turnover and fixed capital investment of Tbilisi and the two regions, which took the second place, differ vastly. The indicators of the two regions are three times lower than those of the capital of Georgia.
At the same time, the banking sector of Georgia is progressing unevenly with most of the activity witnessed in the capital. Thus, the number of banks in the other leading regions is almost twice as low as in Tbilisi. Interestingly, entrepreneurial activity is developing more rapidly in Tbilisi, Imereti and Ajara, which are the regions with a developed banking system. This owes to high indicators of the tourism development, as well as active development of industry in Imereti, and the infrastructure and transport sector in Ajara.
Meanwhile, the GDP per capita among the residents of Tbilisi exceeds this indicator in the other regions by 30%. Ajara (infrastructure construction) comes second on this indicator, and Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti (transport and communications) goes third.
The gross value added structure represented by major fields brings Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, followed by Kvemo-Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti, to the first place. Besides, it is the industry sector which leads in the first two regions while in Samtskhe-Javakheti it is the agroindustrial sector. The number of built roads is higher in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli.
Tbilisi, Ajara and Imereti are the rating leaders in terms of the number of hotels and tourism infrastructure.
