Education in Tbilisi, Georgia: official figures
Tbilisi had 284 general education schools with 232,134 pupils at the start of the 2025/26 school year.
How many universities are in Tbilisi?
Tbilisi is home to 41 of Georgia's 64 higher education institutions (8 public and 33 private) in 2025/26.
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- The number of school pupils in Tbilisi rose by 2,985 between 2024/25 and 2025/26, to 232,134. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
- Schools in Tbilisi averaged 817 pupils each in 2025/26, the second highest among the four largest cities, against 281 across Georgia. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
- 36% of all school pupils in Georgia attend schools in Tbilisi. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
- There were about 185 school pupils per 1,000 residents of Tbilisi in 2025/26. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
How Tbilisi compares with other cities in Georgia
Pupils per general education school (2025/26)
Tbilisi ranks 2 of 4, highest first.
Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copySchool pupils per 1,000 residents (2025/26)
Tbilisi ranks 4 of 4, highest first.
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Sources
- National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Regional Statistics: population and vital statistics, regional GDP, labour force, earnings, household incomes and expenditures, health care and social protection, schools and universities, household infrastructure, hotels and foreign direct investment by region (the eleven Excel files offered on the page, saved unmodified in one archive with a manifest of their download links), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a38acfadfe56…)
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