World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Overview

Georgia is a lower-middle-income, food-deficit country with a population of 4.4 million people. An estimated 16.3 percent of the total labour force is unemployed and it is estimated that 21 percent of the population lives below the official poverty line (with respect to 60 percent of the median consumption) and 8.8 percent – in extreme poverty (with respect to 40 percent of the median consumption).