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| Currency | Moldovan leu (MDL) |
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Fiscal year | Calendar year |
Trade organisations | WTO, GUAM, CEFTA, BSEC, CISFTA, EAEU (observer) |
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| Population |  3.33 million (2024 est)[3] |
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Population below poverty line |  26.8% (2020)[5]
 14.4% on <$5.50/day (2020f) 11.9% on <$5.50/day (2022f)[6] |
Gini coefficient | 26.0 low (2019)[7] |
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Average gross salary | MDL 11,539.1 / €604 / $651 monthly (Q4, 2022)[11] |
Average net salary | MDL 9,240.51 / €483 / $521 monthly (Q4, 2022)[12][13][14] |
Main industries | Food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles, sugar processing, vegetable oil.[15] |
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Export goods | Cereals and cereal-based products; seeds and oleaginous fruits; electrical machines, appliances and parts thereof; vegetable fats and oils − fixed, crude, refined or fractionated; vegetables and fruits; clothing and accessories; furniture and parts thereof; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; yarns, fabrics, textiles and related products; road vehicles; Others.[15][17][18] |
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Import goods | Refined petroleum and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; Medicaments; Motor cars and other motor vehicles, including station wagons and tractors; Insulated wire, cable and other insulated conductors; Optical, photographic, cinematographic instruments and apparatus; Insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides and similar products; Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (switches, relays, fuses, etc.); Automatic data processing machines; Chemical products; Others.[15][21][22] |
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Credit rating | Moody's (2022):[27] B3 Outlook: Negative |
Foreign reserves |  $4.228 billion (30 Sep 2022)[28] |
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. | |
The economy of Moldova is an emerging[1] upper-middle income economy,[2] with a high Human Development Index.[15] Moldova is a landlocked Eastern European country, bordered by Ukraine on the East and Romania to the West. It is a former Soviet republic and today a candidate member to the European Union.[29]
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- ^ "Moldova: Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors from 2011 to 2022". statista.com. Statista. Sep 8, 2022. Retrieved Mar 28, 2024.
In 2021, agriculture contributed around 10.39 percent to the GDP of Moldova, 20.61 percent came from the industry and 54.85 percent from the services sector.
- ^ "Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)". World Bank. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b Europe Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2020 : Fighting COVID-19. World Bank. 9 April 2020. pp. 59, 60. ISBN 9781464815645. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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- ^ a b "Human Development Reports: Moldova (Republic of)". Human Development Reports. HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova. Forţa de muncă". statistica.gov.md (in Romanian). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved 15 Oct 2022.
- ^ "Forța de muncă în Republica Moldova: ocuparea și șomajul în trimestrul II 2022". statistica.gov.md (in Romanian). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2 Sep 2022. Retrieved 15 Oct 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Banca de date statistice Moldova / Câştigul salarial mediu lunar brut". statbank.statistica.md (in Romanian). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Calculator salarii brut – net – total 2022". Salarii.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "9,240 MDL to EUR - Convert Moldovan Lei to Euros". WorldForexRates. 2023-05-18.
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- ^ a b c d "The World Factbook". CIA.gov. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Exporturile Republicii Moldova, structurate pe tari si grupe de tari, 1997-2021". statbank.statistica.md (in Romanian). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Republica Moldova, tot mai legată de exporturile mărfurilor în UE. România e destinație principală, Rusia în scădere abruptă". G4 Media (in Romanian). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "What does Moldova export? (2020)". oec.world. The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Where does Moldova export to? (2021)". oec.world. OEC - The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Importurile Republicii Moldova, structurate pe tari si grupe de tari, 1997-2021". statbank.statistica.md (in Romanian). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Moldova. Imports and Exports. World−ALL COMMODITIES−Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%). 2009 - 2020". trendeconomy.com. TrendEconomy. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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- ^ "Where does Moldova import from? (2021)". oec.world. OEC - The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Investiţiile străine directe: Impactul asupra economiei Republicii Moldova. 2021 report, p. 15" (PDF). fia.md (in Romanian). Foreign Investors Association. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "External debt / Datoria externă la sfârșitul trimestrului II 2022 (date provizorii)". bnm.md (in Romanian). National Bank of Moldova. 30 Sep 2022. Retrieved 15 Oct 2022.
Conform datelor preliminare, datoria externă brută a Republicii Moldova s-a diminuat neesențial pe parcursul trimestrului II 2022, cu 0,9 la sută și a totalizat 8 687,24 mil. USD la 30.06.2022, ceea ce constituie 60,9 la sută raportat la PIB (-3,2 p.p. față de 31.12.2021).
- ^ "RAPORT privind situaţia în domeniul datoriei sectorului public, garanţiilor de stat şi recreditării de stat în semestrul I al anului 2022" (PDF). mf.gov.md (in Romanian). Ministry of Finance (Moldova). p. 4. Retrieved 15 Oct 2022.
Drept urmare a analizei privind evoluția datoriei sectorului public, se atestă o creșterea soldului acesteia cu 1,1% la situația din 30 iunie 2022 comparativ cu sfârșitul anului 2021, constituind 82 742,2 mil. lei sau 29,6% din PIB-ul prognozat pentru anul 2022. Ca pondere în PIB, datoria sectorului public s-a micșorat cu 4,2 p.p. comparativ cu situația de la finele anului 2021.
- ^ "Moldova: Sovereign credit ratings (measure: Sovereign credit rating, source: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, and Scope)". theglobaleconomy.com. The Global Economy. April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Report : Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets". bnm.md. National Bank of Moldova. Retrieved 15 Oct 2022.
- ^ "EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status". BBC News. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-08-16.