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Poor and extremely poor

By Messenger Staff
Tuesday, June 3
Poverty is the number one problem in Georgia. The Statistical Department claims that 21% of the Georgian population are poor and more than 8% live in extreme poverty. However, analysts believe that the real situation is even worse. Almost half a million people in the country received social allowances in 2013. The Social Service Agency registered 1.6 million people in poverty last year.