Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Georgia amounted to $417.3 million in Q3 of 2019 which is a 13.7 per cent increase compared to the same period of last year, show the latest preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The top three countries that invested the most in Georgia in Q3 of 2019 were:
- The United Kingdom – 18.8 per cent
- Netherlands – 16.4 per cent
- Turkey – 10.3 per cent
FDIs by major economic sectors were the following:
- Financial sector – $96 million
- Manufacturing sector – $49.3 million
- Hotels and restaurants – $45.7 million
The share of FDIs in these three major economic sectors reached 45.7 per cent in Q3 of 2019.