In accordance with the state budget indicators, there are 11,000 more officials to carry out the same functions (execution of budget programmes) today as compared to 2012

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Irakli Abesadze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

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.

Thousands of jobs have been lost because of banking regulations, there is a usury problem and it is precisely because of the regulations that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund decreased the estimated economic growth rate from 5% to 4.6%

Verdict: FactCheck leaves Irakli Abesadze’s statement WITHOUT VERDICT.

In the course of the last six years, Georgia’s GDP growth exceeded that of Armenia’s only twice. In the last six years, there has not been a single instance in Georgia when the GDP growth reached 5%

FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

The share of simplified procurement has dropped from 37% to 24%

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

Georgia’s current economy, in terms of its purchasing power, is twice as big as it was before the collapse of the Soviet Union

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Kobulia’s statement is FALSE.

Funding for self-government will increase by more than GEL 100 million in 2019 which is 13% more as compared to the previous year

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Maia Tskitishvili’s statement is TRUE.

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.

Upon his confirmation as Prime Minister, Mamuka Bakhtadze stated that public sector’s labour remuneration to GDP ratio would be 3.9% and this promise has been kept

Verdict: FactCheck leaves Archil Talakvadze’s statement WITHOUT VERDICT.

Growth is very slow, but number of jobs does increase

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Volski’s statement is TRUE.

Budget of the Parliament of Georgia was GEL 34 million in 2012, whilst it is planned to have GEL 64 million in 2019, although the salary of the MPs has not been increased

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

In the first nine months of this year, Georgia’s economic growth reached 4.9% which exceeds the planned amount and as a result, we have a GEL 280 million surplus in budget revenues

ვერდიქტი: ფაქტ-მეტრის დასკვნით, ირაკლი კოვზანაძის განცხადება არის სიმართლე. რეზიუმე: 2018

Business has one of the lowest tax burdens in Georgia. This is because as concluded by the World Bank, the total tax rate in Georgia is only 9.9% and this makes us number three in the world in this component