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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		4 024^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		122.5^a,b
Capital city		Chisinau
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		504.3^c
UN membership date		02-Mar-92
Surface area (km2)		33 846^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		91.8^a,b
National currency		Moldovan Leu (MDL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		17.2^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	6 975	7 745	11 955^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.1	-0.3	3.5^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 707.0	1 902.7	2 956.9^c
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	13	13.2	11.3^c
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	23.7	26	26.2^c
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	63.3	60.8	62.4^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	27.5	34.2	35.4^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	18.7	17.8	17.1^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	53.8	48	47.5^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	7.4	3.7	5.4^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	38.6 / 45.2	41.3 / 47.3	40.0 / 45.8^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j,k (2010=100)	100	136	173^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	88	91	118^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 541	1 967	2 485^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	3 855	3 987	5 416^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 314	- 2 020	- 2 931^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-481	-463	-796^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^a,l (average annual %)	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2^d
Urban population^a (% of total population)	42.6	42.5	42.7^c
Urban population growth rate^a,l (average annual %)	-0.4	-0.2	...
Fertility rate, total^a,l (live births per woman)	1.3	1.3	1.3^d
Life expectancy at birth^a,l (females/males, years)	72.1 / 64.4	75.2 / 66.7	75.9 / 67.4^d
Population age distribution^a (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.5 / 14.1	15.8 / 16.5	15.8 / 19.5^b
International migrant stock^a (000/% of total pop.)	129.5 / 3.2	106.4 / 2.6	104.4 / 2.6^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	2.3^m	6.8	3.9^d
Infant mortality rate^a,l (per 1 000 live births)	15.6	14.2	12.4^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.1	8.6	6.6ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4	2.5	2.6^c
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	7.6	6.3^o	6.1^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.3 / 93.7	91.9 / 92.9	88.3 / 90.7^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.0 / 87.0	86.5 / 85.8	85.7 / 87.0^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.7 / 81.9	86.0 / 83.2	87.9 / 88.2^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	6.5	4.6	4.1ⁿ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	23.8	20.8	24.8^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	32.3ⁱ	69	76.1^i,q
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.3	0.3ⁿ
Threatened species (number)	27	29	35
Forested area (% of land area)	11.4	11.8	11.8ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	7.9 / 2.2	7.6 / 2.1	8.0 / 2.2ⁿ
Energy production, primary^r (Petajoules)	8	28	33ⁿ
Energy supply per capita^r (Gigajoules)	22	27	31ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^j,s (000)	64	94	174^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	75.2 / ...	76.7 / ...	78.9 / ...^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	6.32	3.81	2.16ⁿ

Footnotes

a		Including the Transnistria region.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		2019
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Excluding the left side of the river Nistru and the municipality of Bender.
k		Data refer to 8 cities only.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Data as at the end of December.
n		2018
o		2014
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		2017
r		Data exclude Transnistria and the municipality of Bender.
s		Non-resident tourists staying in all types of accommodation establishments.