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Moldova

Headline economic indicators for Moldova, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 7.8% +3.08 (+65.9%)
Consumer price index · 298.5 +21.50 (+7.8%)
Producer prices, year on year (monthly) · 0.3% +0.20 (+200.0%)
GDP deflator inflation · 6.6% +0.13 (+2.1%)

GDP

GDP — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 2.4% +2.15 (+792.8%)
GDP per capita · 8,621.72 +1,043 (+13.8%)
Retail sales volume, year on year (monthly) · 8.7% -0.80 (-8.4%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 6,675 -882.51 (-11.7%)
GDP · 20,351,796,275.29 +2,144,954,135 (+11.8%)
GDP, PPP · 47,200,529,223 +2,369,509,881 (+5.3%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 19,996 +1,334 (+7.1%)
GDP per capita growth · 4.2% +1.64 (+63.5%)
GNI per capita · 8,050 +1,160 (+16.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 7.4% +0.12 (+1.7%)
Industry to GDP · 16.9% +0.12 (+0.7%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 7.4% -0.20 (-2.6%)
Services to GDP · 61.5% -0.27 (-0.4%)
Household consumption to GDP · 86.5% +0.93 (+1.1%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 24.2% +1.86 (+8.4%)
Gross savings to GDP · 4.1% -1.65 (-28.7%)

Labour

Labour — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 1.5% +0.08 (+5.5%)
Labour force participation rate · 72.3% +0.13 (+0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 72.3% +0.15 (+0.2%)
Youth unemployment rate · 4.2% -0.30 (-6.7%)
Employment to population ratio · 71.2% +0.07 (+0.1%)
Employment in agriculture · 50.5% -0.34 (-0.7%)
Employment in industry · 12.6% -0.02 (-0.1%)
Employment in services · 36.9% +0.35 (+1.0%)

Money

Money — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 2.3% -0.05 (-2.3%)
Broad money to GDP · 53.9% +1.50 (+2.9%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 33.6% +4.26 (+14.5%)
Lending rate · 9.0% +0.08 (+0.9%)
Bank deposit rate · 4.8% +1.42 (+42.6%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 4.2% +0.01 (+0.3%)
Official exchange rate · 17.38 -0.41 (-2.3%)

Trade

Trade — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -19.6% -3.10 (-18.7%)
Exports to GDP · 31.8% +0.18 (+0.6%)
Imports to GDP · 60.9% +3.59 (+6.3%)
Trade to GDP · 92.7% +3.77 (+4.2%)
Exports of goods and services · 6,462,088,523.65 +714,589,114 (+12.4%)
Imports of goods and services · 12,397,142,177.83 +1,960,135,748 (+18.8%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -5,844,724,946.01 -1,160,699,860 (-24.8%)
Current account balance (annual) · -3,997,918,289.34 -985,218,154 (-32.7%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 2.3% -0.26 (-10.3%)
Remittances received to GDP · 9.4% -1.13 (-10.7%)
Total reserves, including gold · 6,006,124,070.06 +522,608,203 (+9.5%)
Reserves in months of imports · 5.4 -0.34 (-5.9%)
External debt to GNI · 57.1% -5.65 (-9.0%)

Government

Government — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 37.5% +3.21 (+9.4%)
Government revenue to GDP · 30.6% +1.16 (+3.9%)
Government expense to GDP · 34.5% +2.23 (+6.9%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 18.8% +0.21 (+1.1%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -4.0% +1.05 (+20.8%)
Government consumption to GDP · 18.5% +0.61 (+3.4%)
Education spending to GDP · 6.6% +0.45 (+7.4%)
Health spending to GDP · 6.7% -0.23 (-3.3%)

Demography

Demography — Moldova
Indicator Value Change
Population · 2,360,527 -41,779 (-1.7%)
Population, long-run history · 3,570 +230.67 (+6.9%)
Population growth · -1.8% +0.53 (+23.2%)
Life expectancy · 71.3 +0.13 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 1.73 -0.01 (-0.3%)
Birth rate · 10.6 -0.17 (-1.5%)
Death rate · 13.8 +0.22 (+1.6%)
Urban population share · 43.7% +0.22 (+0.5%)
Population aged 65 and over · 16.9% +0.65 (+4.0%)
Under-five mortality rate · 16.5 +0.30 (+1.9%)
Population density · 83.5 -1.93 (-2.3%)
Net migration · -29,766 -2,678 (-9.9%)
Gini index · 26.8 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.

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