REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Capital Chisinau
Area (km2) 33 845
Total population (thousands, 2019) 2 663
Population density (per km2) 79
National currency Moldovan leu (MDL)
National statistical office www.statistica.md
National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova
Women in the labour force, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 14%
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment, 2019
   percentage of employed women 7%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 27%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Life expectancy at birth, 2019
   females, years 75.1
   males, years 66.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2019
   females, years 12.3
   males, years 15.7
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 28.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 25.2
 
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.6
1.3
-1.0
3.7
-30.3
-4.4
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.0
4.2
4.1
3.0
5.2
3.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
12.3
11.0
11.9
7.1
10.4
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2020 34 040
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 9 671
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 26.5
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 49.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 9 669
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   MDL per USD, US=1, 2020 6.063
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 12
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 14

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2020 1 150
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 881
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 77
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2020 29
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 602
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2020 2 261
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 5 551