The 2026 budget assumes 5% growth and the government expects the economy to reach GEL 114bn in 2026 (2025 growth: 7.5%). ADB and World Bank loans fund the Tbilisi bypass, Trans-Caspian (Middle) Corridor rail and roads, and rural water systems.
What a Korean company can do now
Government · leader
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze (Georgian Dream)
Key national agenda
- Upgrading Trans-Caspian (Middle) Corridor rail and roads
- IFI-funded road network (Tbilisi bypass, Batumi-Sarpi)
- Rebuilding rural water systems
- Trade, customs and green energy corridor cooperation with Azerbaijan
- Anti-corruption and reform of the Ministry of Economy and state-owned enterprises
Government programmes
Tbilisi Bypass Road (Lots 4 and 5)USD 250m (ADB loan)
About 18.9 km four-lane road from Tbilisi Airport via Lochini to Rustavi; ADB loan signed 4 Aug 2026
Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor project (World Bank)USD 372m allocated
USD 372m of a USD 751m project for Georgia: electric locomotives and substations for Georgian Railway, plus the Badiauri-Chalaubani-Bakurtsikhe and Gurjaani-Telavi road sections
Batumi-Sarpi highwayEUR 306.6m (ADB)
About 11 km mainly two-lane highway; ADB loan agreement signed
Rural water systemsEUR 200m (ADB)
Long-term loan for building and rehabilitating rural water systems
Azerbaijan-Georgia 'Silk Way-Abreshumis Gza' joint checkpoint
Operating protocol signed at the 30 Oct 2026 economic commission in Signagi
Business opportunities
Construction and supervision on ADB/World Bank road projects
🔒 Why-now and buyers — analysis member ₩19,800/mo
Open this week
Electric locomotives and substation equipment
The World Bank corridor project includes locomotives and substations for Georgian Railway.
Georgian Railway JSC
Rural water design and treatment equipment
🔒 Why-now and buyers — analysis member ₩19,800/mo
Free members get a human-reviewed summary by email for up to 3 countries a month (sent within 24h). BUILD members get them all.
Korean support schemes
- Export Voucher · KOSME / KOTRA — A general scheme for overseas marketing, certification and trade fairs; no Georgia-specific programme was found.
Official notices
Ministry of Finance of Georgia
- 2026-10-30 11th Azerbaijan-Georgia economic commission in Signagi; checkpoint protocol and quarantine MoUs signed
- 2026-08-04 USD 250m ADB loan signed for the Tbilisi bypass
- 2026-06-03 World Bank allocated USD 372m under the Trans-Caspian corridor project
- 2026-04-21 PM Kobakhidze announced a security leadership reshuffle
Disaster · conflict · epidemic
Stable 2026-11-07
—
—
—
Earth & space
Credit rating · FX
Unverified · K-SURE Unverified · GEL -0.3%
Sanctions
—
No country-level sanctions programme; the UK sanctioned some individuals in Dec 2024 over human rights, including the current interior minister nominee (single source).
