Curated by Vinod Kumar Jain & Amit Jain · All Frontier Global · free, no login · reviewed 2026-07-05
Caucasus peaks, cave cities and ancient wine
Official figures, each with its source and the date it was read — the key-facts panel above is rounded and undated.
Population 3,935,766 (2025) — 2024 figure in the same pull: 3,812,518. Georgia's national statistics office (Geostat) separately displays 3,941.1 thousand as of 1 January 2026 on its own homepage (https://www.geostat.ge/en) -- a different point-in-time estimate not reconciled with this World Bank series.
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) US$8,990 (2025)
GDP (current US$) approximately US$38.14 billion (2025) — Full-precision series value: US$38,143,612,855.14 (2025).
World Bank income classification: Upper middle income; capital Tbilisi; region Europe & Central Asia
Currency: Georgian Lari (GEL) — NBG's homepage confirms the Lari as Georgia's national currency and references a Monetary Policy Instruments section, but no current policy interest rate figure was present in the fetched extract.
Sourced notes — every figure above, with where it was read and when.
Trade agreements (5): Georgia has a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the EU, plus FTAs with EFTA, China, Turkey and the CIS; India and Georgia trade under WTO terms with no bilateral FTA yet.
Passport strength: visa-free/VOA to ~120 destinations. Strong European and regional access.
India × Georgia hub ↗ All countries factsheet
Indian passport holders need a visa; an e-visa is available online, or entry may be simplified if you hold a valid visa or residence from certain countries. Many nationals, including EU citizens, enjoy visa-free stays of up to a year.
e-Visa: yes · Visa on arrival: Varies by nationality
Whether you need one: Georgia operates a government e-Visa system (evisa.gov.ge) with a confirmed three-step Apply / Proceed with payment / Receive e-Visa process for eligible foreign nationals. The live portal homepage, fetched this session, does not itself state which nationalities are eligible, the fee, or the exact permitted-stay duration. A guessed FAQ sub-page (https://www.evisa.gov.ge/En/Faq) returned a 404, and the correct eligibility/country-list sub-page could not be located because WebSearch was unavailable this session. Whether Indian ordinary-passport holders are covered by this e-Visa channel -- and the additional provision of visa-free entry for holders of a valid Schengen/US/UK visa -- is therefore NOT confirmed this session; see deferred[].
When the requirement applies: Indian ordinary-passport holders (eligibility not confirmed on the live portal this session)
How you apply: e-Visa -- portal and application process confirmed; India-specific eligibility and the Schengen/US/UK visa-free-entry provision unconfirmed
Source freshness: https://www.evisa.gov.ge fetched live 24 August 2026; the homepage displays no explicit last-updated date of its own.
Sourced notes — every figure above, with where it was read and when.
Tbilisi has a two-line metro (buy a MetroMoney card), plus buses, minibus marshrutkas and the Bolt ride-hailing app; marshrutkas link Tbilisi with Kazbegi, Batumi and the wine country.
Car vs taxi: Renting a car (or a driver) is great for the Georgian Military Highway and Kakheti wine region; within Tbilisi, the Bolt app is cheap and easier than negotiating with taxis.
Money: The Georgian lari (GEL) is the currency; cards are widely accepted in Tbilisi and Batumi, but carry cash for marshrutkas, rural guesthouses and mountain villages.
SIM & data: Magti, Geocell (part of Silknet) and Cellfie offer cheap tourist SIMs available at Tbilisi Airport and in shops with your passport; data is inexpensive.
Tipping: Tipping is becoming common in Tbilisi; a service charge of 10 to 15 percent is often added, otherwise leaving around 10 percent is a kind gesture.
Etiquette: Georgians are famously hospitable; if invited to a supra (feast), respect the tamada (toastmaster) and pace yourself with wine and chacha, and dress modestly when visiting Orthodox churches.
Food: Try khachapuri (especially the boat-shaped Adjaruli), khinkali dumplings, lobio bean stew, and mtsvadi grilled meat, paired with Georgian qvevri wines.
Say hello: Georgian — “Gamarjoba” · thanks “Madloba” · how much? “Ra ghirs?”
Georgia is very safe for travellers with low crime; mountain roads and weather in Kazbegi and Svaneti are the main risks, and avoid the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
For nomads: Tbilisi is digital nomad hotspot with abundant coworking spaces, cheap living, and vibrant scene.
Education: Growing expat community with affordable international schools in Tbilisi.
Healthcare: Basic public healthcare; private clinics improving and affordable.
Headline consumer-price inflation of 5.5% for July 2026, as displayed on Geostat's homepage (the precise year-on-year vs. period basis was not further specified in the fetched extract)
Geostat's homepage also displays real GDP growth of 7.5% and GDP per capita of US$10,296.5 for 2025 (both preliminary), plus an unemployment rate of 13.9% for 2025
Neighbour comparison: DEFERRED -- no neighbour-country (e.g. Armenia, Azerbaijan) CPI figure was fetched this session; the 10-fetch session cap was prioritized to Georgia's own u1/u2/u4 core figures instead. See deferred[].
Not covered here: - no officially published rent/meal/transit series was fetched this session; Geostat's homepage surfaced only the aggregate CPI headline. See deferred[].
Sourced notes — every figure above, with where it was read and when.
Places Old Town & Sulphur Baths (Historic quarter) · Narikala Fortress (Historic fortress) · Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) (Cathedral)
Places Gergeti Trinity Church (Mountain monastery) · Mount Kazbek Views (Mountain) · Dariali Gorge (Mountain gorge)
Places Batumi Boulevard (Waterfront) · Batumi Botanical Garden (Botanical garden) · Old Town & Piazza (Old town)
Places Stalin Museum (Museum) · Stalin's Childhood House (Historical House) · Gori Fortress (Historical Fortress)
Places Signagi Fortress (Historic Site) · Bodbe Nunnery (Temple) · Alazani Valley Wineries (Market)
Places Mestia Towers (Historic Site) · Svaneti Museum (Museum) · Mount Elbrus Region Access (National Park)
City notes from Amit's own travels — the interactive travelogue holds the full record
eu-nato-candidate-cycles
Georgian EU candidate-status framework (December 2023 EU candidate-status granted) + NATO MAP Membership Action Plan framework cycles + 2008 Russia-Georgia war legacy (Abkhazia + South Ossetia frozen-conflict framework) + Tbilisi-Batumi-Poti Black Sea-transit cluster (Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail · BTC pipeline transit role) + bilateral cooperation framework + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit role.
India implication: Indian-corporate Tbilisi presence + emerging bilateral framework + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit-corridor cooperation adjacency + India-Georgia bilateral framework.
Outlook: Georgia EU + NATO candidate-status framework cycles persist 2026-30; transit + bilateral cooperation deepens.
Georgia GUAM founding-member (1997 informal · 2001 formal as GUUAM with Uzbekistan 2002-2005 · renamed GUAM 2006 · 4-member · post-Soviet democratic-economic-development cooperation) + EU candidate-status December 2023 + NATO MAP framework cycles + 2008 Russia-Georgia war legacy + Black Sea framework + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit-corridor cluster framework.
India: India accesses GUAM + EU candidate framework via Georgia-anchor + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit-corridor cooperation adjacency + Indian-corporate Tbilisi presence + emerging bilateral framework.
India’s role: Indian-corporate Tbilisi presence + emerging bilateral framework + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit-corridor cooperation adjacency.
Georgian transit framework (Tbilisi + Batumi-Poti Black Sea ports · Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail + BTC pipeline transit role) + EU + NATO candidate-status framework + bilateral cooperation framework + Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean transit role.
Indian passport holders need a visa; an e-visa is available online, or entry may be simplified if you hold a valid visa or residence from certain countries. Many nationals, including EU citizens, enjoy visa-free stays of up to a year.
Georgia uses the Georgian lari (GEL). Capital: Tbilisi.
Georgia has a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the EU, plus FTAs with EFTA, China, Turkey and the CIS; India and Georgia trade under WTO terms with no bilateral FTA yet.
Georgia is very safe for travellers with low crime; mountain roads and weather in Kazbegi and Svaneti are the main risks, and avoid the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The World Bank puts Georgia's population at 3,935,766 for 2025, up from 3,812,518 in 2024. Geostat, Georgia's national statistics office, separately shows 3,941.1 thousand as of 1 January 2026 on its own homepage.
The World Bank classifies Georgia as an upper-middle-income economy. Its GNI per capita (Atlas method, current US$) was US$8,990 in 2025, and the World Bank lists Tbilisi as the capital, in the Europe & Central Asia region.
Georgia's GDP (current US$) stood at approximately US$38.14 billion in 2025, per World Bank data. Geostat's own homepage separately shows real GDP growth of 7.5% and GDP per capita of US$10,296.5 for 2025 (both preliminary).
Geostat, Georgia's national statistics office, displays a headline consumer-price inflation figure of 5.5% for July 2026 on its homepage, alongside an unemployment rate of 13.9% for 2025.
Georgia's national currency is the Georgian Lari (GEL), per the National Bank of Georgia.
Georgia runs a government e-Visa system at evisa.gov.ge, with a confirmed three-step Apply, Pay, and Receive process. The portal's homepage does not itself state India's eligibility, the fee, or the exact permitted-stay duration, so travellers should check the official portal directly before relying on this summary.
Sourced notes — every figure above, with where it was read and when.
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