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, 36.0% of Georgia's pupils and the largest of 11 regions by school enrolment.
How big are schools in Tbilisi?
Schools in Tbilisi had an average of 817 pupils each in 2025/26, against 281 nationally, the highest of 11 regions.
Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copyHow many universities are in Tbilisi?
Tbilisi had 41 higher education institutions in 2025/26: 8 public and 33 private.
Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copyMore figures
- School enrolment in Tbilisi rose from 229,149 pupils in 2024/25 to 232,134 in 2025/26 (+1.3%; Georgia +0.6%). Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
- There were 170 school pupils for every 1,000 residents of Tbilisi in 2025/26 (Georgia 163). Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
- Households in Tbilisi spent an average of 21.0 lari per person a month on education in 2025, the highest of 11 regions (Georgia 12.3 lari). Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
How Tbilisi compares with other first-level divisions
Pupils per general education school (2025/26)
Tbilisi ranks 1 of 11, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Pupils per general education school |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tbilisi | 817 |
| 2 | Adjara Aut. Rep. | 285 |
| 3 | Kvemo Kartli | 283 |
| 4 | Kakheti | 238 |
| 5 | Shida Kartli | 233 |
| 6 | Imereti | 204 |
| 7 | Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti | 172 |
School pupils per 1,000 residents (2025/26)
Tbilisi ranks 3 of 11, highest first.
| Rank | Region | School pupils per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adjara Aut. Rep. | 175 |
| 2 | Kvemo Kartli | 170 |
| 3 | Tbilisi | 170 |
| 4 | Imereti | 162 |
| 5 | Shida Kartli | 159 |
| 6 | Samtskhe-Javakheti | 152 |
| 7 | Kakheti | 152 |
Household spending on education per person (lari a month) (2025)
Tbilisi ranks 1 of 11, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Household spending on education per person (lari a month) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tbilisi | 21.0 |
| 2 | Adjara Aut. Rep. | 14.4 |
| 3 | Imereti | 9.1 |
| 4 | Shida Kartli | 7.1 |
| 5 | Kvemo Kartli | 6.3 |
| 6 | Samergelo and Zemo (upper) Svaneti | 6.2 |
| 7 | Samtskhe-Javakheti | 5.6 |
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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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