Georgia is the transit state of the Middle Corridor and one of the region’s fastest-growing economies — strong banks, rising FDI, and hard questions at Anaklia. This desk tracks Caucasus Business Journal’s Georgia coverage: economy, banking, ports and politics.
Georgia’s economy grew 7.9% in the first half of 2026, outpacing the IMF’s forecast, on the back of services, tourism, transit and construction.
Georgia abandoned the single-investor model in 2026, moving Anaklia to a landlord structure and cutting state funding by roughly two thirds — leaving the Middle Corridor’s key missing port still in limbo.
Every overland Middle Corridor route between the Caspian and the Black Sea crosses Georgia — through the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway, now at full capacity, and the ports of Poti and Batumi.
Georgian banking is among the region’s most profitable: TBC Bank has posted 14 consecutive quarters above 23% return on equity, with loans reaching GEL 29 billion.