The number of people receiving subsistence benefits has increased by 8,929 in the last three months

652,096 people receive subsistence benefits in Georgia, which is 17.5% of the country's population.

According to the Social Services Agency, the number of people receiving financial assistance from the state has increased by 8,929 people in the last three months alone.

In December 2021, 174,379 families (643,167 people), received the subsistence benefits, while in January, February and March of this year, this figure increased. In particular, 648,176 people received subsistence benefits in January, in February - 650,584, and in March - 652,096. The amount transferred to the families receiving the subsistence benefits amounted to 44,308,911 GEL in January, 44,331,988 GEL in February and 44,413,040 GEL in March.

In March, the number of people receiving assistance was distributed by region as follows:

Tbilisi - 132,979 people;

Imereti - 84,253 persons;

Kvemo Kartli - 80,089;

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 76,597;

Autonomous Republic of Adjara - 71,893;

Kakheti - 66,570;

Shida Kartli - 58,714;

Guria - 27,922;

Samtskhe-Javakheti - 19,635;

Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 18,815;

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti 14,629.

According to the Social Services Agency, 146,619 families (524,598 people), received social assistance in December 2020; in December 2019, 119,582 families, 427,373 people; in December 2018, 127,819 families, 435,450 people.