International Rankings of Moldova 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Moldova, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Moldova, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	19.74	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	80	670530	0
Internet users - percent of population	72	76.12 %	2018
Internet users - total	108	2.617 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	31.55	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	75	1.072 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	114	106.4	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	136	3.614 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	137	2.947 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	131	2.886 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	0.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	46	63.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	37	74.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	9	95.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	22	92.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	141	11.982 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	76	42.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	56	19 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	19	85.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	155	70.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	21.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	41	1.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	52	17.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	116	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	86	62 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	98	22.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	11	4.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	58	3 %	2017
Labor force	132	1.295 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	52	32.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	102	12 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	91	55.7 %	2017
Population below poverty line	141	7.3	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	131	34.680 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	97	13050 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	68	30.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	119	7.653 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	83	20	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	126	4.400 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	13	86	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	58	12	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	115	4.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	147	515000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	116	5.490 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	76	2.520 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	46	2.520 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	88	11.330 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	95	N/A	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	18000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	115	275 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	130	18160 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	107	232 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	126	5.12 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	133	3.29 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	121	15.97 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	12	74.9	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55.1	2018
Land use - forest	138	11.9	2018
Land use - other	146	13.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	10.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	73	0.26 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	131	12.270 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	145	42.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	62	650.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	119	148.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	160	0.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	43	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	57	3.981 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	48	609920 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	49	15.3 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	136	32891 sq km	0
Area - total	138	33851 sq km	0
Area - water	66	960139 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	153	430 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	132	139 meters	0
Irrigated land	73	2283 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	88	1885 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	12	74.9	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55.1	2018
Land use - forest	138	11.9	2018
Land use - other	146	13.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	10.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	130	12.270 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	163	11.27 %	2456
Age structure - 25-54 years	51	43.13 %	2892
Age structure - 55-64 years	38	13.26 %	0555
Birth rate	169	10.45 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	60	56 %	2020
Current Health Expenditure	45	6.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	12	12.46 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	54	17.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	94	5.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	143	39.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	155	22.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	54	15.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	53	9.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	1.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	25	5.4 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	30	0.8	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	69	14000	2020
Hospital bed density	17	5.8 beds/1,000 population	2013
Infant mortality rate - female	124	9.73 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	114	13.8 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	117	11.83 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	120	76.26 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	138	68.3 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	133	72.16 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	97	19	2017
Median age - female	48	39.5 years	2020
Median age - male	51	36.2 years	0
Median age - total	47	37.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	37	25.2	2019
Net migration rate	174	8.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	83	18.9 %	2016
Physicians density	36	3.21 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	131	3.324 million	2021
Population growth rate	168	1.1 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	17	98.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	70	21.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	62	12.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	91	1.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.86	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	122	1.58 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	104	9.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	85	11.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	97	10.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	161	0.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	43	2021
Transportation
Airports	115	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	17	640000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	96	1.136 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	21	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	86	1171 km	2014
Roadways - paved	75	8835 km	2012
Roadways - total	110	9352 km	2012
Waterways	71	558 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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