According to the 2021 data released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia, 17.5% of the population is under the absolute poverty line in the country. Compared to the same period last year, this figure is reduced by 3.8 percentage points.
In 2021, the absolute poverty rate in urban-type settlements decreased by 2.1 percentage points to 15.0%, while in rural-type settlements it decreased by 6.3 percentage points to 21.3%.
An absolute poverty line refers to how many people do not have access to the necessary minimum living conditions. As for the level of social inequality, according to the Geostat, in 2021 the value of the Gini coefficient in terms of the total income has not changed and is at 0.37%, also the value of the coefficient in terms of the total cash figure has not changed and is 0.39%.
The Gini coefficient has reduced from 0.36% to 0.34% in terms of the total consumer spending, while it remains unchanged in terms of the total cash and stands at 0.42%.
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