11 answers, 4 from Georgia's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
Georgia had 2,292 general education schools at the start of the 2025/2026 school year, according to Geostat's schools and pupils table: 2,086 public and 206 private. They had 644,200 pupils, 572,200 in public schools and 72,000 in private ones.
The data come from the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth and are counted at the start of the school year. The number of public schools has not changed since 2019, while private schools have fallen and their pupil numbers have grown. Breakdowns by region, grade and teachers are on Geostat's General Education page.
195,426 students were enrolled in Georgian higher education institutions at the start of the 2025/2026 academic year, according to Geostat's higher education table. Of these, 129,346 were on bachelor's or certified physician programmes and 60,694 on master's or residency programmes. 58,554 new students were admitted.
Enrolment rose from 187,799 a year earlier. The totals include foreign students, many of them studying medicine; Geostat publishes their numbers by country on its Higher Education page. Entry for Georgian school-leavers is through the Unified National Examinations run by NAEC.
In PISA 2025, 47.4% of Georgian 15-year-olds reached at least Level 2 in mathematics, up from 33.6% in PISA 2022, according to the proficiency-level table Geostat publishes from OECD data. In reading, 39.1% reached Level 2 or above, up from 33.1%. These shares are the sums of the Level 2 to 6 percentages in the table.
The OECD treats Level 2 as the baseline needed to take part fully in society. In reading, 45.1% of girls reached it against 29.7% of boys. Full scores and country comparisons are published by the OECD; Geostat's table covers only proficiency levels.
Georgia had 66,328 general education school teachers at the start of the 2025/2026 school year, according to Geostat's teachers table, which uses Ministry of Education data. 58,802 taught in public schools, 51,538 of them women, and 7,526 in private schools. The total was 66,010 a year earlier.
A teacher who works in more than one school is counted once for each school, so the totals overstate the number of individual teachers. The table also breaks teachers down by primary, basic and secondary level. It is listed on Geostat's General Education page.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2018, is 96.4%. The peak was 99.6% in 2015 and the low 91.7% in 2006. Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 94.5%, and Georgia placed 2nd highest of 11. World rank, highest first: 14th of 69.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts gross secondary school enrolment in Georgia at 101.0% in 2024. Since 2005 it has ranged from 95.8% (2005) to 111.9% (2019). Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 101.1%, and Georgia placed 18th highest of 34. Of 100 countries with 2024 data, 31st highest.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross tertiary enrolment in Georgia was 89.5% in 2025. That is the highest since at least 2005.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2024, is 99.7%. The peak was 99.9% in 2021 and the low 99.4% in 2017.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts government spending on education in Georgia at 4.0% of GDP in 2024. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2005. Of 36 countries with 2024 data, 21st highest.
9: that is the number of primary pupils per teacher in Georgia for 2018, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2008 it has ranged from 9 (2008) to 9 (2013). It is 14th highest of 15 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 15. Worldwide: 83rd of 85.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the primary completion rate in Georgia was 103.8% in 2024. Since 2005 it has ranged from 87.8% (2021) to 121.4% (2017). Across Europe & Central Asia the middle value was 98.2%, and Georgia placed 5th highest of 30. Of 104 countries with 2024 data, 12th highest.
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