International Rankings of Moldova 2022, 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	35	18.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	79	719001	2020
Internet users - percent of population	31	76.30 %	2022
Internet users - total	108	3.067 million	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	25.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	72	1.028 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	85.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	135	3.420 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	135	2.947 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	129	2.886 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	32	0.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	111	602.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	122	7.232 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	139	3.240 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	139	11.982 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	72	42.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	51	19.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	19	85.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	149	70.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	72	21.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	41	1.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	50	17.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	111	20.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	82	62.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	122	26 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	98	22.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	11	4.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	129	5.930 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	57	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	40	4.80 %	2019
Labor force	130	1.295 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	49	32 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	98	12 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	86	56 %	2017
Population below poverty line	136	7 %	2018
Public debt	136	31.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	131	32.260 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	40	4.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	99	12300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	109	2.803 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	64	30.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	104	4.99 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	107	9.60	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	104	9.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	102	9.20	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	93	374000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	79	4.773 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	139	2.968 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	111	8.114 million	2019
Coal - consumption	92	133000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	78	133000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	125	4.591 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	77	629.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	140	594000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	122	571.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	31	93.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	109	4.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	58	1.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	100	40.398 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	74	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	46	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	93	57000 cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	133	22000 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	113	275 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	127	18160 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	105	232 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	124	5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	130	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	118	16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	11	75	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55	2018
Land use - forest	129	12	2018
Land use - other	138	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	11	2018
Total renewable water resources	128	12.270 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	141	42.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	60	650.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	117	148.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	153	0.09	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	127	43	2023
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	47	15.30 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	133	32891 sq km	N/A
Area - total	134	33851 sq km	N/A
Area - water	108	960 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	142	430 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	130	139 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	73	2155 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	87	1885 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	11	75	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55	2018
Land use - forest	129	12	2018
Land use - other	138	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	31	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	11	2018
Population Density	104	99.95 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	155	11.27	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	46	43.13	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	34	13.26	0555
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	92	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	44	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	48	7 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	13	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	164	10.19 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	84	2 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	57	56.00 %	2020
Current health expenditure	48	6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	9	12.47 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	20.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	4.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	154	39.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	115	29.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	54	13 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	49	8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	50	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	20	6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	19	5.70 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	121	9.54 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	109	13.55 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	114	11.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	113	77 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	131	69 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	123	72 years	N/A
Literacy - female	9	99 %	2015
Literacy - male	4	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	6	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	96	19.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	47	40 years	2020
Median age - male	50	36 years	N/A
Median age - total	44	38 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	41	25	2019
Net migration rate	168	8.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	79	18.90 %	2016
Physicians density	46	3.10 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	129	3.287 million	2022
Population growth rate	164	1.12 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	10	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	68	17 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	73	10 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	83	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	14 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.08	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	17	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.86	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	51	0.46 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	64	6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	10	52 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	29	29 %	2020
Total fertility rate	114	1.59 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	154	0.09	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	127	43	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	107	9.60	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	104	9.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	102	9.20	N/A
Transportation
Airports	113	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	5	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	69	147	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	115	640000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	94	1.136 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	79	21.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	78	1171 km	2014
Roadways - paved	74	8835 km	2012
Roadways - total	109	9352 km	2012
Waterways	78	558 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.