Tbilisi

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

9
17/265
Details
Large apartment$550.00
Medium apartment$420.00
Rent index [score]0.95
Small apartment$300.00

Cost of Living

10
12/248
Details
5km taxi ride$2.80
A Cappuccino$1.80
A beer$0.92
A kilogram of Apples$1.00
Bread$0.22
Inflation [score]0.98
Lunch$6.80
Monthly fitness club membership$47.00
Monthly public transport$14.00
Movie ticket$5.20
Price of a meal at a restaurant$27.65

Startups

3
194/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups1
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.20
Coworking spaces [score]0.30
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co9
Meetups [score]0.13
Meetups groups12
Meetups members3777
Number of investors2
Number of startup events in the last 12 months3
Number of upcoming meetup events5
Startup climate scene [score]0.32
Startup events34
Startup events [score]0.51
Startups [score]0.43
Total number of startups26

Venture Capital

N/A
Details

Travel Connectivity

2
165/266
Details
Airport hub24
Airport hub [score]0.18
Intercity train connectivity [score]0.27

Commute

6
62/255
Details
Human city pagehttp://cities.human.co/details/Georgia/Tbilisi
Traffic handling [score]0.74

Business Freedom

8
157/264
Details
Business freedom86.50
Business freedom [score]0.90
Freedom from corruption52.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.48
Lack of labor restrictions75.70
Lack of labor restrictions [score]0.72
Time to open a business3.00
Time to open a business [score]0.98

Safety

10
9/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.94
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year2
Guns per 100 residents7
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.95
Lack of guns [score]0.96
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.96

Healthcare

5
227/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.35
Healthcare quality [score]0.55
Life expectancy (years)74.37
Life expectancy [score]0.46

Education

1
223/240
Details
PISA math ranking (high school)45
PISA ranking50
PISA ranking (high school) [score]0.17
PISA reading (high school)46
PISA science (high school)47

Environmental Quality

3
235/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.18
Cleanliness [score]0.35
Drinking water quality [score]0.59
Urban greenery [score]0.15

Economy

4
185/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area2.39
Currency for urban areaGEL
GDP growth rate0.05
GDP growth rate [score]0.71
GDP per capita$7653.03
GDP per capita [score]0.14

Taxation

8
14/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]1.00
Income tax level [score]0.61
Profit tax (% of profit)0.16
Time overhead to file company taxes270
VAT (Sales Tax)0.18

Internet Access

4
202/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)15.49
Internet access (download) [score]0.29
Internet access (upload) [score]0.53
Upload speed (Mbps)12.95

Leisure & Culture

5
177/264
Details
Art galleries58
Art galleries [score]0.63
Cinemas22
Cinemas [score]0.36
Comedy clubs14
Comedy clubs [score]0.52
Concert venues38
Concerts [score]0.38
Historical sites33
Historical sites [score]0.62
Museums36
Museums [score]0.37
Performing art venues50
Performing arts [score]0.43
Sport venues20
Sports [score]0.40
Zoos2
Zoos [score]0.64

Tolerance

8
58/266
Details
LGBT Equality Index80.63
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.82
LGBT adoption rights✔ Legal
LGBT age of consent✔ Equal
LGBT blood donation regulations✔ Legal
LGBT conversion therapy regulations✖ Not banned
LGBT discrimination legality✔ Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination legality✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT gender changing rights✔ Legal, surgery not required
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legality✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT marriage rights✖ Not legal
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.82

Outdoors

5
70/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.49
Median peak in meters1564.50
Presence of hills in city1.00
Presence of mountains in city1.00
Urban area elevation (meters)427.00
Water access [score]0.61
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Tbilisi are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Tbilisi will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$220$380
$300
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$47
Movie ticket$5
Broadband internet connection$13
Monthly public transport$14
Lunch$7
-70%
compared to
San Francisco
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Job salary calculator

Software Engineer salaries in Tbilisi are very low. For this job type, Tbilisi ranks 260th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Tbilisi.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$6,318
Median salary
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Taxation

Personal taxation

Effective income tax rate

20%
For annual salary of $40000
20%
For annual salary of $80000

Value added tax (VAT)

18%
Standard tax rate. Different rates might apply for certain product categories.

Compared to other cities

40/266

Corporate taxation

Compared to other cities

1/263
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Safety

Gun crimes & Ownership

7.30
Guns per 100 people
1.98
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
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Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Tbilisi in position 20 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

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People in Tbilisi

Population of Tbilisi

1,116,400
860 /km²
140/264
Density (people per unit of area)
-2%
Growth in 2015-2020
Tbilisi

Demographics of Georgia

Median age
38
Elderly people
16%
Life expectancy at birth
76
GDP per capita (in USD)
$7,653
244/263
Unemployment
12%
234/264

Languages

Common spoken languages
Georgian

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Software Engineer
9.56%
Founder
6.62%
Graphic Designer
5.88%
Web Designer
4.41%
UX Designer
3.68%
Marketing Manager
2.94%
Product Manager
2.21%
Other
64.71%

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Climate

Average day length (hours)

12.7

Climate type

Humid Subtropical

Average daily maximum temperature

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On living in Tbilisi

Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისი) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari river. The city covers an area of 726 km² (280.3 square miles) and has a population of approximately 1,345,000.

Tbilisi lies in the centre of eastern Georgia, in the foothills of the Trialeti mountain range. According to Georgian legends, it was founded in the 5th century by King Vakhtang Gorgasali who, while hunting, shot a pheasant which fell into a warm spring and was either boiled or healed. Either way, the king was inspired to found a city on the site, and the name of the city derives from the Georgian word tbili meaning "warm". Although the city has been destroyed and rebuilt some 29 times, the layout of the Old Town is largely intact with narrow alleys and big crooked houses built around courtyards.

Tbilisi experiences relatively cold winters and hot summers. Because the city is bounded on most sides by mountain ranges, the close proximity to large bodies of water (Black and Caspian Seas) and the fact that the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range (further to the north) blocks the intrusion of cold air masses from Russia, Tbilisi has a relatively mild micro-climate compared to other cities that possess a similar continental climate along the same latitudes. - The average annual temperature in Tbilisi is 12.7 °C (54.9 °F). January is the coldest month with an average temperature of 0.9 °C (33.6 °F). July is the hottest month with an average temperature of 24.4 °C (75.9 °F). The absolute minimum recorded temperature is −24 °C (−11 °F) and the absolute maximum is 40 °C (104 °F). Average annual precipitation is 568 mm (22.4 in). May and June are the wettest months (averaging 84 mm (3.3 in) of precipitation each) while January is the driest (averaging 20 mm (0.8 in) of precipitation). Snow falls on average 15–25 days per year. The surrounding mountains often trap the clouds within and around the city, mainly during the Spring and Autumn months, resulting in prolonged rainy and/or cloudy weather. Northwesterly winds dominate in most parts of Tbilisi throughout the year. Southeasterly winds are common as well.

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Good Country Index

Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

Overall ranking

Georgia
55th from a total of 163 countries

World Order

112nd

Refugees hosted

Refugees generated

Charity giving

Birth rate

UN Treaties signed

International Peace & Security

62nd

Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

International violent conflict

Peacekeeping troops

Arms exports

Internet security (2014)

Planet & Climate

84th

Ecological footprint

Reforestation since 1992

Hazardous pesticides exports

CO2 emissions

Ozone

Prosperity & Equality

11th

Development assistance

FDI outflows

Fairtrade market size

UN volunteers abroad

Open trading

Culture

90th

Freedom of movement

Press freedom

Creative services exports

UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

Creative goods exports

Science & Technology

81st

Nobel prizes

Patents

Journal exports

International publications

International Students

Health & Wellbeing

35th

Pharmaceutical exports

Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

Food aid

Humanitarian aid donations

International Health Regulations Compliance

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