Georgia rents rise 12.8% in October 2026
Georgian rents rose 12.8% in the year to October 2026, more than double the 5.9% headline inflation rate, while home maintenance costs rose 11.9%.
The facts
- Rents in Georgia rose +12.8% in the year to October 2026 and 1.3% over the month, the national statistics office reported on 3 November.
- Headline annual inflation was 5.9%, monthly inflation 0.9% and core annual inflation 4.0%.
- The housing, water, electricity and gas group rose 10.1% over the year and 0.6% over the month, adding 0.98 percentage points to annual inflation.
- Inside that group, maintenance and repair of dwellings rose 11.9% and electricity, gas and other fuels rose 10.6% over the year.
- Transport was the largest contributor to annual inflation at 21.9% and 2.54 percentage points, while education fell 12.0%.
What it means for your money
- Rent income is growing faster than prices in the wider economy. Glopra's Batumi data shows asking rents of 11.45 dollars per square metre a month.
- Against a Batumi purchase price of 1,497 US dollars per square metre in that same Glopra snapshot, a 12.8% rent rise lifts the income side while the entry price in the reading is unchanged.
- The cost side moved almost as fast, with maintenance and repair at 11.9% and energy at 10.6%, which is why the net effect is not simply the rent number.
What to watch
- The figures come from the statistics office's Georgian-language release; its English page carried the title without the numbers.
- The November inflation release is due in early December, and the rent subgroup moves separately from the headline rate.
Sources: National Statistics Office of Georgia https://www.geostat.ge/ka/single-news/3888