Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: population and official figures

Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti is a first-level division of Georgia, number 6 of 11 by population. Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti had 297,820 residents on 1 January 2026, 7.6% of the population of Georgia outside the occupied territories and 6th largest of 11 regions by population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: The economy of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti generated 4.4 billion lari of gross value added in 2024 at current prices, 5.5% of Georgia's total and 5th largest of 11 regional economies.
• Health in Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti had 1,073 doctors of all specialties at the end of 2025, about 36 per 10,000 residents, 5th highest of 11 regions (Georgia 57).
• Education in Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti had 259 general education schools with 44,525 pupils at the start of the 2025/26 school year, 6.9% of Georgia's pupils and 6th largest of 11 regions by school enrolment.
• Poverty and living standards in Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: Average household income in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti was 571 lari per person a month in 2025, 9.5% below the national average of 631 lari and 6th highest of 11 regions (up from 508 lari in 2024).
• Government budget and revenue in Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti: The 9 municipal budgets in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti spent 407.54 million lari in 2025, about 1,368 lari per resident, 5th lowest of 11 regions (all Georgian municipalities: 1,427 lari per resident).

More figures

• During 2025 the population of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti fell by 2.2% (Georgia 0.3%); 44% of its residents live in towns and cities. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy

How first-level divisions are governed in Georgia

Autonomous Republic of Adjara. Supreme Council (21 members) directly elected; head of the Adjara government nominated at national level and approved by the Supreme Council. Autonomous powers in economy, health, education and culture; contains 5 municipalities and the city of Batumi.

Every tier of government in Georgia

Other first-level divisions of Georgia

• Tbilisi 1,369,356
• Imereti 492,505
• Kvemo Kartli 440,058
• Adjara Aut. Rep. 413,214
• Kakheti 300,049
• Shida Kartli 248,396
• Samtskhe-Javakheti 155,480
• Guria 101,557
• Mtskheta-Mtianeti 93,187
• Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo (lower) Svaneti 29,481

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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…)
• Ministry of Finance of Georgia: Republican budgets of the autonomous republics and budgets of municipalities by functional classification, 2025 (thousand lari), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8e0d187c398c…)
• National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Regional Statistics, Business Sector: turnover, value added, employment, pay and investment of businesses by region, city and municipality, 2014-2024, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f87cc320c757…)
• National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Statistical Yearbook of Georgia 2024 (published December 2025): population of cities and active entities by administrative-territorial unit, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 75cc83526308…)

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