Moldova Moldova

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Moldova, is a country located at Eastern Europe, it has an area of 33,850 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Moldova, with a population of 2,512,758 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 74 people per km2.

It's capital is Chisinau and its currency is Moldovan leu

Moldova is holding the 137 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 4,497 millions of euros (4,739 millions of dollars), ( 32.57% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,790 euros per inhabitant$1,886 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Moldova was on December of 2023 and it was -1.2%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Moldova, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.767 points in 2021, leaving it in 81th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Moldova are business, you must know it's in the 48th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Moldova, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Chisinau: Monthly Rainfall
Moldova Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€13,795M
Annual GDP [+]2022$14,521M
GDP per capita [+]2022€5,433
GDP per capita [+]2022$5,719
Debt (M.€.) [+]20224,497
Debt ($M) [+]20224,739
Debt (%GDP) [+]202232.57%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,790
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,886
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-446
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-470
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-3.23%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20225,028.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20225,299.7
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020646.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020736.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202017.99%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017300.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017337.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201711.58%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202243.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202245.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20220.88%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202236.42%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€2,001
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$2,109
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€245
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$280
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€86
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$97
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€17
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$18
Moody's Rating [+]08/18/2023B3
Fitch Rating [+]09/15/2008B-
Corruption Index [+]202239
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201986º
Fragile States Index [+]201869.5
RTI Raking [+]202252º
Innovation Ranking [+]201848º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q31.4%
Unemployed [+]2023Q322K
NMW [+]2022$185.2
NMW [+]2022€174.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]201762º
Markets
Euro / Moldovan leu [+]03/18/202419.2259
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/202417.6482
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 2023-1.2%
PPI Year on Year [+]January 2024-0.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]02/06/20244.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]202048º
IPI Year on Year [+]December 20231.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20196,406
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20192.60
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015201.37
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201520.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202012.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019174,021
Exports [+]2021€2,658.6M
Exports [+]2021$3,144.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202122.98%
Imports [+]2021€6,068.0M
Imports [+]2021$7,176.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202152.45%
Trade balance [+]2021€-3,409.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$-4,032.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-29.47%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201577º
Density [+]202274
Global Peace Ranking [+]202357º
Crude divorce rate [+]20123.00‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,640.0
% Immigrant [+]20204.02%
% Emigrant [+]202044.64%
Birth Rate [+]202210.50‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017346.2
Crude death rate [+]202214.10‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.81
Crude marriage rate [+]20205.98‰
% risk of poverty [+]202231.1%
Population [+]20222,512,758
Immigrant stock [+]2020104,438
Emigrant stock [+]20201,159,443
HDI [+]20210.767
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202319º
Life expectancy [+]202168.85
Suicides [+]2015601
Suicide rate [+]201516.91
Number of homicides [+]202093
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20203.01
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20212.38
Consumption GWh [+]20219,668
Generation GWh [+]20216,657
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202412,216
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024634,759
Fully vaccinated [+]10/01/20231,078,813
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20244,861.59
Doses administered [+]10/01/20232,291,436