Nearly one in four children in Georgia lives below the poverty line, according to data from the Social Service Agency and the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), as reported by Business Press News.
Specifically, according to the latest September figures from the Social Service Agency, 219,054 children (aged 0 to 18) receive subsistence allowances in Georgia.
Meanwhile, official figures from the National Statistics Office show that 970,609 citizens in this age bracket are registered nationwide.
Accordingly, these indicators demonstrate that every fourth child in Georgia is living below the poverty line.
At the same time, according to statistics from the Social Service Agency, the highest absolute number of socially vulnerable children is recorded in Tbilisi (52,694 children). The Kvemo Kartli region ranks second with 39,923 children, followed by Imereti in third place with 25,356 children.
The regional breakdown of allowance recipients aged 0 to 18 is as follows:
- Tbilisi — 52,694;
- Kvemo Kartli — 39,923;
- Imereti — 25,356;
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti — 22,015;
- Autonomous Republic of Adjara — 22,668;
- Kakheti — 15,816;
- Shida Kartli — 15,799;
- Guria — 7,152;
- Samtskhe-Javakheti — 5,389;
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti — 6,389;
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti — 1,960.
Regarding the age breakdown, the number is higher in the 6 to 18 age group, where 168,595 individuals are registered below the poverty line. In the 0 to 6 age bracket, 50,459 children are registered.
