The unemployment rate has been falling. In 2018, the unemployment rate decreased by 1.2 percentage points and reached 12.7% which is the lowest figure in the last 15 years

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

After 2013, we significantly increased agriculture… From 2004 to 2012, we had a constant decline in agriculture

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Levan Davitashvili’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

Today, the estimated growth rate for our economy is 4.6% which is the highest growth rate in the entire region

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Ivane Machavariani’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

The currency depreciated under the Georgian Dream government and the budget of the Ministry of Defence decreased as compared to 2014 because we have to make calculations in USD

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Salome Samadashvili’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

The number of pre-trial detentions decreased three-fold

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Bidzina Ivanishvili’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

We are not a poor country. We are the most unequal country. Our country has one of the largest gaps between rich and poor

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Beka Natsvlishvili’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

We are not facing a trend nor a dynamic of decreasing foreign investments

FactCheck concludes that Mamuka Bakhtadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

In 2019, we will spend GEL 580 million more on bureaucracy as compared to 2012

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

You have spent so much money on agriculture but agriculture has not increased and its share in the economy has decreased

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, გიორგი ბარამიძის განცხადება არის მეტწილად მცდარი. რეზიუმე:

As compared to 2012, budget revenues have increased by 50%. This means that the taxable income of Georgian citizens increased by 50%

The Government of Georgia has depreciated GEL to a historic minimum and increased fuel prices as much as possible. You have not increased pension with at least GEL 1, whilst you promised to increase pensions substantially. Instead, you are giving pay rais

For Georgian Railway, in terms of revenues, 2014-2015 were the most successful years financially although a large amount of cargo which used to move by rail is now transported by pipeline

Employment in the public sector is not increasing. Instead, administrative and government expenses have been cut in this sector whilst the employment figure in the private sector is on the rise

Verdict: Archil Talakavadze’s statement is MOSTLY FALSE.

In the previous year, Georgia’s economic growth rate was 5%. This is twice as high as compared to [countries in] our neighbourhood

The Minister of Finance of Georgia, Mamuka Bakhtadze, stated that Georgia’s economic growth rate

The balance of payments has been improved by USD 700 million