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The regional comparison tables leave Georgia blank — so here are Tbilisi's own numbers
A Q1 2026 comparison of Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Greece, Dubai and Georgia reports real figures for four of them and says Georgia's data is not yet standardised. Georgia's data…
The average Georgian wage beats Azerbaijan's, and the legal minimum is ₾20 a month
Georgia's average salary runs ahead of Azerbaijan's in dollar terms, its statutory minimum wage is close to meaningless, and the gap between its richest and poorest regions is…
Georgia ranks 35th for economic freedom, Armenia 52nd and Turkey 117th
The 2026 Index of Economic Freedom puts Georgia ahead of every neighbour it has. It also shows Georgia well below where it stood five years ago, which is the more useful half of…
Groceries run $200-215 in Tbilisi and $220-240 in Yerevan
A first-half 2026 comparison of the three South Caucasus capitals puts Baku cheapest, Tbilisi in the middle and Yerevan dearest — with the caveat that it rests on crowdsourced…
A landlord pays 5% on rent in Georgia and 10% in Armenia
Both countries court the same foreign buyer. On the two taxes that decide a buy-to-let return — rent and resale — the rules diverge, and the figures come from the same tax…
Dubai closed 47,955 deals in a quarter; Batumi 17,478 flats in a year
Comparing Georgia with the markets foreign buyers usually weigh it against produces an awkward but useful mismatch of scale. Dubai registered 47,955 transactions in the first…
The IMF has Georgia at 7.2% and Azerbaijan at 1.7% this year
The October 2026 World Economic Outlook puts real growth this year at 7.2% for Georgia, 5.5% for Armenia and 1.7% for Azerbaijan. For 2027 it has Georgia at 5.7%, Armenia…
Tbilisi sits between Baku and Yerevan on the grocery bill
A comparison of the three South Caucasus capitals, drawing on Numbeo and LivingCost data for the first half of 2026, puts a single adult's monthly groceries at roughly $200 to…
Istanbul yields 9.92%, Batumi 7.28% — measured the same way
Global Property Guide measures gross rental yields the same way in both countries: median asking rent times twelve, divided by median list price, from a local listings platform.…
Tbilisi's 7.53% yield would rank sixth among eurozone cities
Global Property Guide put Tbilisi's gross rental yield at 7.53% in February 2026. Euronews, using the same publisher's data, ranked the eurozone's ten highest-yielding cities for…
Georgia asks $150,000 for residency; Greece asks €400,000 or €800,000
Both countries grant residence for buying property, and the gap is wider than the price alone. Georgia's figure has been USD 150,000 since 1 March 2026. Greece's standard route is…
Tbilisi against Yerevan: a 13.7 price-to-income ratio versus 17.8
The two capitals of the South Caucasus are the obvious pair to compare, and a crowd-sourced property index updated on 24 October puts Tbilisi ahead on every affordability measure…
Where Georgia sits in the rankings, on the government's own list
The Ministry of Economy keeps a compilation of Georgia's placings in international indices. The 2026 edition lists fourth place on the World Bank's B-READY alongside Korea,…
The IMF's October outlook: Georgia 7.2%, Armenia 5.5%, Azerbaijan 1.7%
The International Monetary Fund's October 2026 World Economic Outlook puts Georgian growth at 7.2% this year, well ahead of Armenia at 5.5% and Azerbaijan at 1.7%. The gap narrows…
Istanbul's gross yields beat Tbilisi's — on the same August survey
Global Property Guide's August 2026 yield survey puts the average gross rental yield in Tbilisi at 7.23 percent and in Batumi at 7.28 percent. The same survey month gives Istanbul…
September inflation: Georgia 5.6%, Armenia 4.3%, Azerbaijan 5.5%, Turkey 29.7%
Four statistics offices published September figures within ten days of each other. Georgia came in at 5.6 percent year on year, unchanged from August. Armenia reported 4.3…
On living costs Tbilisi sits in the middle: about 10% under Yerevan, above Baku
A Caspian Post comparison published on 25 June 2026, drawing on Numbeo and LivingCost, puts overall living costs in Tbilisi about 10% below Yerevan, with Baku the cheapest of the…
Kyrgyzstan bought more from Georgia than China did — and cars were a quarter of everything sold
Statistics office data for January to August 2026 put Kyrgyzstan first among Georgia's export markets at 577.6 million dollars, ahead of China at 543.7 million and Russia at 500.7…
Georgia asks $150,000 for residence through property. Cyprus asks €300,000 and Türkiye $400,000
An advisory comparison published in March 2026 sets out the minimum property investment for residence across six popular destinations: Greece at 250,000 euros for heritage…
Georgia's policy rate is 8.25%. Armenia's and Azerbaijan's are both 6.5%
The National Bank of Georgia held its monetary policy rate at 8.25% on 29 July 2026, citing headline inflation of 5.8% in June and a 2026 average forecast of 5.2%. Armenia's…
Georgia is one of eight economies in the World Bank's top band on all three business pillars — with Singapore, not against it
The World Bank's Business Ready 2025 report covers 101 economies, double the 50 in the 2024 pilot. Singapore comes first overall and first on operational efficiency with 79.25…
Tbilisi against Dubai: Dubai wins on yield and on mortgages. Tbilisi wins on the size of the cheque
On crowd-sourced figures updated this month, Dubai beats Tbilisi on gross rental yield in the centre — 7.45% against 6.32% — on price to income, and decisively on borrowing, with…
Tbilisi against Istanbul: Istanbul wins on yield, then a 40% mortgage rate settles the argument
On crowd-sourced figures updated this month, Istanbul shows a higher gross rental yield than Tbilisi in the centre — 7.28% against 6.32% — and a friendlier price-to-income ratio.…
Tbilisi against Baku: rents are 19% higher here, salaries 16% higher, and the mortgage is the real gap
Crowd-sourced September 2026 data puts a one-bedroom city-centre rent at about ₾1,752 in Tbilisi against ₾1,417 in Baku, and the average net salary at ₾1,713 against ₾1,436. Baku…
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