Poverty & Inequality in Moldova

100 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Moldova.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 3.9% 17th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 69.3% 13th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.73 live births per woman 2023 up 6.7% 135th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,434 kg per hectare 2023 up 20.4% 84th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.6% 38th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 61.38 % change on previous year 2023 down 44.3% 4th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.64 2023 up 12.1% 38th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.6% 2023 up 12.1% 38th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 36.3% 46th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year 2023 up 215.6% 91st
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 77th
Gender Inequality Index 0.146 2023 down 35.7% 128th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 32.0% 2023 up 14.1% 13th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1087 2023 down 2.6% 98th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1087 2023 down 2.6% 98th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1365 2023 down 3.4% 92nd
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 unchanged 103rd
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 down 46.7% 87th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.4% 2023 down 9.3% 64th
Prosperity gap 2.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 unchanged 59th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1355 2023 down 12.5% 158th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 50.0% 100th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 11.4% 2023 down 21.9% 107th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 3.9% 2023 down 17.0% 71st
Population living in slums 6.5% 2018 down 57.0% 109th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.719 2023 up 5.1% 58th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.719 2023 up 5.1% 58th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.719 2023 up 5.1% 58th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 unchanged 109th
Three metrics of inequality 49.36 2021 down 1.7% 80th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4936 2021 down 1.7% 80th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 124.08 2023 up 25.8% 94th
Income share held by second 20% 13.9% 2023 up 3.7% 13th
Income share held by third 20% 17.3% 2023 unchanged 24th
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2023 down 2.7% 75th
Income share held by highest 20% 37.0% 2023 down 2.1% 110th
Income share held by highest 10% 22.8% 2023 down 1.7% 107th
Income share held by lowest 10% 4.3% 2023 up 10.3% 4th
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.9% 2023 up 7.6% 6th
Gini index 26.8 2023 down 6.0% 111th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 4.3% 2023 down 36.8% 119th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 493,421 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 21.9% 110th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 9.1% 106th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.1714 2024 down 58.3% 76th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4534 2021 down 5.0% 75th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4534 2021 down 5.0% 75th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.2% 2024 down 58.5% 71st
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 6,419 2017 up 57.6% 109th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 35.9% 2021 down 0.2% 84th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 11.8% 2021 up 4.9% 84th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 38.2% 2023 up 16.4% 15th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2023 down 12.5% 99th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2676 2023 down 6.2% 110th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 3,176 people 2023 down 24.8% 110th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.1% 2023 down 12.5% 99th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.1% 2023 down 12.5% 99th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.1% 2023 down 12.5% 99th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.60 million people 2023 down 13.6% 94th