"As a result of high economic growth, the nominal GDP was significantly increased and amounted to 59.6 billion GEL instead of the initially forecasted 53.4 billion GEL, which means an increase in the nominal expression of the economic performance by 6 billion, and compared to 2020, this indicator increased by more than 10 billion GEL. As a result, by 2021, the level of GDP per capita has increased to $ 5,000," - Lasha Khutsishvili said.

According to the Finance Minister, in the early stages of the pandemic, significant efforts were made to support the business.

"During this period, our main task was to prevent the pandemic from escalating into a long-term economic crisis and to keep jobs as much as possible. As a result, according to the information declared by the companies in the Revenue Service, the declared number of employees in 2021 has exceeded the 2019 figure by 4.0 percent, "- Lasha Khutsishvili stated.