Statistics show that as recently as January 2026, the sector’s annual growth rate was 25.5%, but the rate stabilized sharply in February.Price Regulation and the DRG SystemThe slowdown affects only services outside state funding. Under the diagnosis-related group (DRG) model used in the universal healthcare program, clinics cannot arbitrarily raise prices, meaning most price changes occurred in the unreformed segment of the sector.Competition Agency MonitoringThe Competition and Consumer Protection Agency is monitoring the medical market, analyzing data from large inpatient clinics covering January 2022 to October 2025.The agency aims to determine:• Whether price increases of up to 100% were economically justified;• Whether increases were driven by higher costs or market factors;• Whether clinics artificially inflated prices.According to the agency’s representative, Giorgi Kedelidze, the study will highlight areas with the highest inflation. The date for publishing the initial results has not yet been announced.

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In 2025, scheduled flights carried 95.2 percent of passengers in airports of Georgia.In 2025, the number of passenger flights from Georgian airports increased by 11.1 percent compared to the previous year and amounted to 33.6 thousands.In 2025, in airports of Georgia the volume of freight and mail amounted to 39.0 thousand tons, of which 92.9 percent was arrived freight and post, and 7.1 percent was departured.In 2025, 3.9 thousand freight flights were carried out in the airports of Georgia and that is 77.1 percent more than the same figure of 2024.In 2025, airway companies of Georgia transported 740.2 thousand passengers and 154.1 thousand tons of freight. Compared to the previous year, the number of passengers increased by 14.8 percent and freight decreased by 42.9 persent.In 2025, 62 aircraft were registered in the Georgian civil aircraft register, out of which 77.4 percent were passenger aircrafts and 22.6 percent were cargo aircraft. 72.9 percent of passenger aircrafts had not more than 50 seats, 10.4 percent had between 51 and 150 seats, and 16.7 percent had 151-250 or more seats.In 2025 Georgian airports were equipped with six runways, 59 check-in points, 26 passenger gates and 2.5 thousand parking places for private cars.

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By the end of 2025, total length of railway lines equaled 1 592.6 kilometers, of which 99.6% was electrified. The length of main lines amounted to 551.3 kilometers, of which 42.9% is single-track and 57.1% is double-track.In 2025, rail transported 13.3 million tons of freight, which is 3% less than the respective figure of 2024. 7.9% of the total freight was transported domestically, 34.7% was transported internationally (excluding transit), and 57.5% was transit.In 2025, the share of incoming freight represented 75.8% of the railway-transported freights, while the share of outgoing freight was 24.2%.In 2025, the sender country of 35.8 percent of total incoming rail freight was Russian Federation, 27.2 percent was sent by Azerbaijan. The share of other countries sending cargo was less than ten percent each (37.0 percent combined).In 2025, Armenia was the final destination for 16.2 percent of total outgoing freight, for 9.2 percent it was Kazakhstan, and for 8.4 percent – Russian Federation. The share of other individual receiving countries was relatively small (66.2 percent combined).The breakdown of the total transit freight by the final destination country in 2025 was as follows: the Netherlands – 13.4 percent, Turkey – 10.8 percent, China – 6.6 percent, Ukraine – 2.9 percent, Italy – 2.4 percent, Romania – 1.3 percent, and elsewhere was for the rest. In the same period, Brazil was the sender country of 6.0 percent of the total transit freight, Turkey – 3.0 percent, USA – 1.2 percent, and other countries sent the rest.In the reporting period, 36.4 percent of the total freight were coke and refined petroleum products, 20.9 percent were chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers; rubber and plastic products, and 12.8 percent were metal ores and other mining and quarrying products.The distribution by type of goods was different in case of freights transported domestically in 2025, as the share of metal ores and other mining and quarrying products equaled 56.5 percent of the total, and the share of coke and refined petroleum products amounted to 22.7 percent; while the share of transport equipment amounted to 9.9 percent.As for the freights transported internationally, in the reporting period, incoming goods were mainly coke and refined petroleum products (47.3 percent), other nonmetallic mineral products (17.0 percent), metal ores and other mining and quarrying products (11.0 percent), products of agriculture, hunting, and forestry (6.8 percent), coal and lignite (5.0 percent), basic metals (4.7 percent), chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers (2.7 percent); while outgoing goodswere mainly chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers (35.0 percent), food products, beverages and tobacco (25.6 percent), metal ores and other mining and quarrying products (13.0 percent), and basic metals (12.1 percent).In 2025, three type of goods, namely coke and refined petroleum products (38.2 percent), chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers (30.0 percent), and food products, beverages and tobacco (10.4 percent) constituted for 78.6 percent of the total volume of transit freight.In 2025, the number of passengers transported by the Georgian Railway decreased by 17.3 percent compared to the previous year and amounted to 1 717.9 thousand persons. At the same time, passenger turnover decreased by 17.7 percent compared to 2024 and amounted to 393.3 million passenger-kilometer.In 2025, the number of passengers transported within the country amounted to 1 690.2 thousand persons, which represents 98.4 percent of the total number of passengers carried and is 17.5 percent less than the same figure of 2024. At the same time, the number of passengers transported internationally amounted to 27.7 thousand, which is 2.4 percent less than in the previous year. The country of embarkation was Armenia for 67.9 percent of internationally transported passengers while the country of disembarkation was Armenia for 32.1 percent of international transported passengers (no passengers were transported from/to any other neighboring country in 2025).

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In 2025, compared to the previous year, the ports and terminals of Georgia received 40.4% more general cargo carriers, 38.8% more – specialized carriers, 2.5 percent more – dry bulk, 26.7% less – container ships and 16.6% less – liquid bulk.In 2025, 17.6% of the ships arriving at the ports and terminals of Georgia sailed under the flag of Panama, 15.3%  – under the flag of Turkey, 9.9% – under the flag of Malta, 8.3% – under the flag of Liberia and the rest 48.9% were distributed among other countries.In 2025, Georgian seaports served 12.5 thousand passengers, which is 62% more compared to the previous year.In 2025, ports and terminals of Georgia processed 16 637.6 thousand tons of cargo, 6.8% more compared 2024. 47.7% of freight carried was general cargo, 31% was liquid bulk, and 21.3 percent – dry bulk.

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With regard to the annual core inflation, the prices increased by 2.7%, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to 2.4%.The annual inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes for the following groups:Food and non-alcoholic beverages: the prices in the group increased by 9.5 percent, contributing 3.2 percentage points to the overall annual inflation rate. Within the group the prices increased for the following subgroups: fish (23.1 percent), bread and cereals (13.8 percent), fruit and grapes (13.3 percent), vegetables (10.2 percent), meat (9.6 percent), sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (9.4 percent), oils and fats (7.1 percent), coffee, tea and cocoa (5.9 percent), mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices (5.3 percent), milk, cheese and eggs (5.3 percent);Health: the prices increased by 5.9 percent, contributing 0.5 percentage points to the overall index. The prices were higher for the following subgroups: medical products, appliances and equipment (8.1 percent), out-patient services (5.6 percent), hospital services (1.7 percent);Miscellaneous goods and services: the prices for the group increased by 9.8 percent, contributing 0.48 percentage points to the overall index. Within the group, the prices were higher mainly for the following subgroups: personal effects n.e.c. (57.8 percent), insurance (8.5 percent), personal care (4.5 percent);Alcoholic beverages and tobacco: the prices increased by 4.3 percent, with the relevant contribution of 0.28 percentage points to the overall annual inflation rate. The prices increased for both tobacco (7.1 percent) and alcoholic beverages (1.4 percent).

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At the beginning of the 2025/2026 academic year, 58.6 thousand students were enrolled in Georgian higher education institutions, out of them 31.5 thousand in state universities and 27.0 thousand in private universities. Student admissions increased by 8.0 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.The number of students in Georgian higher education institutions amounted to 195.4 thousand, which is 4.1 percent more compared to the previous academic year. 55.3 percent of the total number of students study in state higher education institutions and 44.7 percent in private institutions. 52.1 percent of students are women, and 47.9 percent are men.The number of students in Georgian higher education institutions amounted to 195.4 thousand, which is 4.1 percent more compared to the previous academic year. 55.3 percent of the total number of students study in state higher education institutions and 44.7 percent in private institutions. 52.1 percent of students are women, and 47.9 percent are men.In 2025, 32.5 thousand students graduated from higher education institutions, which is 9.9 percent more compared to the previous year. 58.8 percent of the graduates are women and 41.2 percent are men. The number of graduates in state higher education institutions is 12.7 percent higher than the number of graduates in private universities.The number of foreign students in Georgian higher education institutions amounted to 44.4 thousand, which is 19.7 percent higher than the previous year. The number of professors in higher education institutions is 12.2 thousand, which is 6.2 percent higher than the same indicator of the previous year.In 2025, 720 doctoral students were admitted to the universities, which is 2.9 percent higher than the previous year. At the same time, the number of doctoral students increased by 0.1 percent and amounted to 3 025.Compared to the previous year, the number of persons who completed their work for doctoral degrees has decreased by 16.0 percent and amounted to 368. 

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In 2025, 19.7 thousand students were admitted, 53.7% of whom are women and 46.3% men. Compared to 2024, student admissions have increased by 15.3%.As for the data by regions, the highest number of students was admitted in the city of Tbilisi (40.1%), followed by Adjara AR (19.3%), Imereti (11.5%), Kvemo Kartli (10.0%), Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (7.4%), Kakheti (4.1%).In 2025, 238 students were admitted with special educational needs, 35.7% of whom are women and 64.3% men. As for the data by regions, Tbilisi has the leading position with the number of admitted students (50.4%).In 2025, the number of graduates was 10.5 thousand, out of which 47.1% were women and 52.9% - men. Most of them come from Services (23.1%), Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction (21.4%), and Business, Administration and Law (15.0%) programs. 

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Compared to January 2025, the DPPI increased by 5.0 percent. The prices for mining and quarrying decreased by 5.1 percent and for manufactured products prices increased by 6.0 percent, for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning by 2.2 percent and the prices for water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services by 3.1 percent.

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The prices for mining and quarrying increased by 7.3 percent compared to December 2025, resulting in a 0.55 percentage point contribution to the overall monthly PPI change. In the same period, the prices for manufactured products increased by 0.8 percent, contributing 0.59 percentage points to the monthly index change. Within the group, a noteworthy price increase was registered for food products (0.9 percent) and basic metals (3.4 percent). Besides, the prices increased for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning by 0.8 percent, contributing 0.08 percentage points to the monthly index change.The annual PPI rate was mainly affected by price changes for the following products: Mining and quarrying: the prices were 36.4 percent higher, contributing 2.25 percentage points to the overall annual index change. Within the group, the prices were higher for the subgroup of metal ores (51.4 percent); Manufactured products: the prices increased by 4.7 percent, contributing 3.73 percentage points to the overall annual index increase. There was a notable increase in the prices for food products (11.8 percent) and basic metals (8.2 percent); Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: the annual price increase amounted to 3.0 percent, which contributed 0.32 percentage points to the annual index change; Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services: the annual price increase amounted to 5.6 percent, which contributed 0.17 percentage points to the annual index growth.

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The Parliament of Georgia has already supported the amendments to the Law "On Vine and Wine" in the first reading. According to the amendments, a norm is added to the law that defines the concept of consent to cultivation of vineyards, which is defined as follows: a document issued by the National Wine Agency, a legal entity under public law, which gives a natural person and/or legal entity the right to cultivate an entrepreneurial vineyard. The goal of the amendments is to promote the production of high-quality, competitive grape-based alcoholic beverages, while also taking into account the requirements of local and international markets necessary for their sale.According to Levan Mekhuzla, the practice of issuing consent for the cultivation of vineyards has been implemented and is in effect in all wine-producing countries of the European Union.The National Wine Agency will issue a permit for vineyard cultivation free of charge.Only individuals who plan to engage in commercial activities will be required to obtain a consent for vineyard cultivation. This requirement does not apply to those who intend to cultivate a vineyard for personal use.

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