2026.06.1907:50:53UTC+00Georgia GDP Growth Accelerates to 9.0% in Q1

Georgia’s economy expanded by 9.0% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, accelerating from a 6.7% increase in the previous quarter. Growth strengthened in several key sectors, including mining and quarrying (10.4% vs. 4.8% in Q4 2025), transportation and storage (18.0% vs. 11.0%), accommodation and food service activities (12.4% vs. 4.0%), information and communication (36.0% vs. 22.0%), financial and insurance services (11.7% vs. 9.1%), professional, scientific and technical activities (9.4% vs. 7.5%), administrative and support service activities (6.6% vs. 3.3%), and health and social work activities (12.6% vs. 7.2%).

At the same time, activity rebounded in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (6.5% vs. -5.5%) and real estate (3.1% vs. -0.3%). By contrast, output growth weakened in manufacturing (0.3% vs. 6.2%), wholesale and retail trade (5.5% vs. 7.4%), and education (0.7% vs. 17.1%), while output declined in construction (-2.0% vs. 2.5%) and agriculture (-3.3% vs. -2.9%).