International Rankings of Moldova 2023, 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	36	18	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	82	719001	2020
Internet users - percent of population	57	61 %	2021
Internet users - total	133	1.891 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	33	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	70	1.000 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	127	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	132	3.900 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	128	3.754 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	124	3.582 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	0.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	147	1.699 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	124	7.232 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	137	4.197 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	142	11.982 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	79	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	159	70.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	75	21.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	42	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	117	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	93	62 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	121	26 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	99	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
Imports	125	7.915 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	154	0.67 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	61	5.11 %	2021
Labor force	152	810000 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	52	32.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	106	12 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	95	55.7 %	2017
Population below poverty line	145	7.3 %	2018
Public debt	150	33.01 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	130	36.637 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	10	13.94 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	106	14000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	111	3.902 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	108	17.41 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	165	3.96 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	102	14.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	5.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	126	8.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	98	374000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	81	4.773 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	142	2.968 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	97	133000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	81	133000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	128	4.591 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	81	629.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	145	594000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	125	571.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	34	93.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	114	4.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	61	1.2 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	105	40.398 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	75	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	47	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	96	57000 cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	135	22000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	118	275 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	132	18160 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	109	232 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	127	5.12 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	134	3.29 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	124	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	140	11.9	2018
Land use - other	149	13.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	10.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	76	0.26 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	134	12.270 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	123	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	61	580.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	98	160.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	163	0.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	133	43.4	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	49	15.3 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	138	32891 sq km	0
Area - total	141	33851 sq km	0
Area - water	67	960139 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	164	430 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	59	N/A meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	134	139 meters	0
Irrigated land	75	2155 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	91	1885 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	12	74.9	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55.1	2018
Land use - forest	140	11.9	2018
Land use - other	149	13.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	10.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	50	0.4 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	94	1.53 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	54	0.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	47	2.25 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	50	7.45 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	13	3.57 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	180	9.94 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	88	2.2 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	58	56 %	2020
Current health expenditure	50	6.8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	24	67 %	2023
Death rate	12	12.51 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	58	20.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	107	4.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	165	39.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	125	29.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	58	13 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	51	7.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	22	6.4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	92	0.77 %	2023
Hospital bed density	19	5.7 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	129	9.35 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	117	13.29 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	123	11.38 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	126	76.77 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	147	68.9 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	138	72.72 years	0
Literacy - female	6	99.5 %	2021
Literacy - male	4	99.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	5	99.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	110	12 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	51	39.5 years	2020
Median age - male	55	36.2 years	0
Median age - total	49	37.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	42	25.2	2019
Net migration rate	188	8.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.9 %	2016
Physicians density	46	3.1 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	135	3.251 million	2023
Population growth rate	173	1.14 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	10	99 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	72	16.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	77	10.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	85	1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	68	6.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	11	51.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	32	29 %	2020
Total fertility rate	122	1.59 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	163	0.09	2025
Urbanization - urban population	133	43.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	102	14.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	5.3	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	126	8.6	0
Transportation
Airports	116	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	96	21000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	77	126	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	118	640000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	97	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	77	8835 km	2012
Roadways - total	120	9352 km	2012
Waterways	81	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.