REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Capital Chisinau
Area (km2) 33 845
Total population (thousands, 2021) 2 615
Population density (per km2) 77
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, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 54%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 14%
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 6%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 17%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 50%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 73.0
   males, years 65.2
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 13.8
   males, years 10.7
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 26.2
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 25.1
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-30.3
-4.4
1.1
2.2
2.9
-3.7
Unemployment rate
 (%)
1.5
1.2
0.8
0.9
1.6
1.4
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
10.4
10.9
9.2
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..
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 43 618
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 10 901
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 35.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 58.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 11 303
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   MDL per USD, US=1, 2024 7.241
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, 2024 1 151
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 783
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2024 69
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 51
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 487
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 3 883
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 7 496