Gender in Moldova

246 indicators covering gender for Moldova.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 100 2023 up 25.0% 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 1st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 up 100.0% 1st
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 0 2023 down 100.0% 174th
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 0 2023 154th
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 0 2023 128th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 25 2023 down 50.0% 166th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 up 33.3% 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 90.62 2023 up 10.7% 44th
Women Business and the Law Index 90.62 2023 up 10.7% 44th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 61.0% 2025 down 22.9% 176th
Share of female employment by economic sector 51.3% 2025 down 13.3% 28th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 19 2023 unchanged 124th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 49.3 2019 down 5.7% 15th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 46.9 2019 down 3.3% 11th
Total Fertility Rate 1.8 2022 up 8.5% 115th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 74.71 2024 up 43.3% 45th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 11.61 years 2019 down 4.6% 125th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.25 years 2019 down 2.3% 135th
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 21.4% 2025 down 22.9% 97th
Women of reproductive age 715,421 2023 down 20.3% 136th
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 63.6% 2026 up 5.8% 108th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 7.5% 2020 down 13.7% 158th
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 40 2026 up 81.8% 91st
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 39.6% 2026 up 81.8% 35th
Share of women in ministerial positions 35.7% 2024 up 28.5% 37th
Share of women in parliament 39.6% 2025 up 81.8% 31st
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 90.33 2021 up 16.3% 58th
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 19.2% 2016 down 0.1% 94th
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 34.3% 2016 up 3.7% 67th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 40.82 2024 up 129.0% 22nd
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.71 ratio 2026 up 51.1% 34th
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 315.1% 2025 up 294.9% 5th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 27.4% 2023 down 1.8% 98th
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 204.3 2023 down 7.5% 129th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 28.5% 2023 up 15.4% 84th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 27.4% 2023 down 1.8% 105th
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 28.6% 2023 up 16.3% 81st
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 28.5 2023 up 15.4% 78th
Gender Development Index 1.03 2022 up 1.8% 3rd
Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 44.8% 2024 up 5.2% 22nd
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 62.0% 2024 up 148.0% 99th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 47.0% 2024 up 291.7% 122nd