International Rankings of Moldova 2024, 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	18.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	82	719001	2020
Internet users - percent of population	57	61.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	133	1.891 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	33.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	73	951138	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	127.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	133	3.900 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	128	3.754 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	124	3.582 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	0.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	148	1.699 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	126	7.232 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	83	17.68	N/A
Exports	124	5.983 billion US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	142	11.982 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	79	42.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	56	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	159	70.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	75	21.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	42	1.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	52	17.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	117	20.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	93	62.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	121	26 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	99	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	116	10.082 billion US Dollars	2022
Industrial production growth rate	155	0.67 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	62	5.11 %	2021
Labor force	152	810000 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	145	7 %	2018
Public debt	155	33.01 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	135	33.789 billion US Dollars	2022
Real GDP growth rate	10	13.94 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	107	13300 US Dollars	2022
Remittances	20	15	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	111	3.902 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	108	17.41 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	165	3.96 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	102	14.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	5.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	126	8.60 %	2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	113	8.114 million	2019
Coal - consumption	97	133000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	81	133000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	128	4.591 billion kWh	2019
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 generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	34	93.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	114	4.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	61	1.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	105	40.398 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	75	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	47	2.802 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	96	57000 cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	135	22000 bbl/day	2019
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 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	134	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	128	12 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	12	75	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55	2018
Land use - forest	140	12	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	11	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	133	43	2023
Geography
Area - land	137	32891 sq km	N/A
Area - total	142	33851 sq km	N/A
Area - water	112	960 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	158	430 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	134	139 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	75	2155 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	91	1885 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	12	75	2018
Land use - arable land	5	55	2018
Land use - forest	140	12	2018
Land use - permanent crops	33	9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	106	11	2018
Population Density	118	98.83 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	45	1 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	94	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	47	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	50	7 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	13	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	145	8.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	58	56.00 %	2020
Current health expenditure	50	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	24	67 %	2023
Death rate	7	14.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	58	20.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	107	4.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	165	39.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	125	29.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	58	13 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	51	8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	22	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	109	0.60 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	99	11.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	94	16.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	95	14.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	96	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	115	66 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	107	70 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	6	100 %	2021
Literacy - male	4	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	5	100 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	110	12.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	50	41 years	N/A
Median age - male	49	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	41	39 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	42	25	2019
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.90 %	2016
Physicians density	46	3.10 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	134	3.251 million	2023
Population growth rate	172	0.58 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	10	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	72	17 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	77	10 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	85	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	30	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	145	1.25 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	163	0.09	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	133	43	2023
Transportation
Airports	114	11	2024
Merchant marine - total	95	75	2023
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	21.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	60	1171 km	2014
Waterways	82	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.

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