Economy of Moldova

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Currency| Moldovan leu (MDL)

Fiscal year

| Calendar year

Trade organisations

| WTO, GUAM, CEFTA, BSEC, CISFTA, EAEU (observer)

Country group

* Developing/Emerging[1]
* Upper-middle income economy[2]
* Eastern European economy; sizable remittances; emigration[3]

Statistics
Population|  3.33 million (2024 est)[4]
GDP|

* $19.65 billion (nominal, 2025 est.)[4]
* $47.93 billion (PPP, 2025 est.)[4]

GDP rank|

* 144th (nominal, 2022)
* 129th (PPP, 2022)

GDP growth

* 1.0% (2023)
* 2.6% (2024)
* 4.8% (2025)[4]

GDP per capita

* $8,160 (nominal, 2025 est.)[4]
* $19,910 (PPP, 2025 est.)[4]

GDP per capita rank

* 111th (nominal, 2024)
* 91st (PPP, 2022)

GDP by sector

* agriculture: 8.29%
* industry: 19.42%
* services: 58.37%
* (2022)[5]

Inflation (CPI)

* 13.4% (2023)
* 5.0% (2024)
* 5.0% (2025)[4]

Population below poverty line

* 26.8% (2020)[6]
* 14% on less than $6.85/day (2021)[7]

Gini coefficient

|  26.0 low (2019)[8]

Human Development Index

* 0.763 high HDI (86th) (2022)[9]
* 0.698 medium IHDI (58th) (2022)[9]

Corruption Perceptions Index

|  42 out of 100 points (2023)[10] (76th)

Labour force

* 900.4 thousand (Q2, 2022)[11]
* 41.3% employment rate (Q2, 2022)[11]

Labour force by occupation

* agriculture: 22.9%
* industry and construction: 22%
* services: 55.1%
* (Q2, 2022)[12]

Unemployment|

* 2.4% (Q2, 2022)[11]
* 21.6 thousand unemployed (Q2, 2022)[11]

Average gross salary

| MDL 14,116.8 / €732 / $752 monthly (Q3, 2024)[13]

Average net salary

| MDL 11,304.74 / €585 / $602 monthly (Q3, 2024)[14][15][16]

Main industries

| Food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles, sugar processing, vegetable oil.[17]
External
Exports|

* $4.048 billion (2023)[18]
* $4.332 billion (2022)[18]
* $3.144 billion (2021)[18]

Export goods

| Cereals and cereal-based products; seeds and oleaginous fruits; electrical machines, appliances and parts thereof; vegetable fats and oils − fixed, crude, refined or fractionated; vegetables and fruits; clothing and accessories; furniture and parts thereof; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; yarns, fabrics, textiles and related products; road vehicles; Others.[17][19][20]

Main export partners

* Romania 35.1%
* Ukraine 14.7%
* Italy 6.4%
* Germany 5.5%
* Czech Republic 4.0%
* Russia 3.6%
* Turkey 3.5%
* Poland 3.3%
* Bulgaria 2.1%
* Belarus 2.1% (2023)[21]

Imports|

* $8.675 billion (2023)[22]
* $9.218 billion (2022)[22]
* $7.176 billion (2011)[22]

Import goods

| Refined petroleum and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; Medicaments; Motor cars and other motor vehicles, including station wagons and tractors; Insulated wire, cable and other insulated conductors; Optical, photographic, cinematographic instruments and apparatus; Insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides and similar products; Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (switches, relays, fuses, etc.); Automatic data processing machines; Chemical products; Others.[17][23][24]

Main import partners

* Romania 15.0%
* Ukraine 12.4%
* China 11.7%
* Turkey 8.5%
* Germany 7.1%
* Italy 5.4%
* Russia 3.7%
* Poland 3.7%
* France 2.5%
* India 2.4% (2023)[21]

FDI stock

* $4.851 billion (2020 est.)[25]
* FDI net flux:  $62.45 million (2020 est.)

Current account

* $ −1.8 billion (2022 est.)[4]
* −12.8% of GDP (2022 est.)

Gross external debt

* $8.687 billion (30 June 2022)[26]
* 60.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

Public finances

Government debt

* MDL 82.742 billion (30 June 2022)[27]
* 29.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

Foreign reserves

|  $4.228 billion (30 Sep 2022)[28]

Budget balance

* MDL −17.219 billion (2022 est.)[4]
* −6.19% of GDP (2022 est.)

Revenues|

* MDL 89.610 billion (2022 est.)[4]
* 32.2% of GDP (2022 est.)

Expenses|

* MDL 106.8 billion (2022 est.)[4]
* 38.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

Credit rating

| Moody's (2022):[29]

Outlook: Negative

All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Moldova is an emerging[1] upper-middle income economy,[2] Moldova is a landlocked Eastern European country, bordered by Ukraine on the East and Romania to the West. It is a former Soviet republic and today a candidate member to the European Union.[30]

## Background

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Main article: History of independent Moldova

On 2 January 1992, Moldova introduced a market economy, liberalising prices, which resulted in huge inflation. In 1993, a national currency, the Moldovan leu, was introduced to replace the Soviet rouble. The economic fortunes of Moldova began to change in 2001; since then the country has seen a steady annual growth of between 5% and 10%. Remittances from Moldovans abroad account for a quarter of Moldova's GDP, one of the highest percentages in the world.

## Overview

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Horse-drawn carts in the Moldovan countryside

Moldova's proximity to the Black Sea gives it a mild and sunny climate. The fertile Chernozem soil supports wheat, corn, barley, tobacco, sugar beet, and soybeans. Beef and dairy cattle are raised, and beekeeping is widespread. Moldova's best-known product comes from its extensive and well-developed vineyards concentrated in the central and southern regions. Moldova produces liqueur and sparkling wine. It is also known for its sunflower seeds, walnuts, apples, and other fruits. This makes the area ideal for agriculture and food processing, which accounts for about 40% of the country's GDP.

In 2018, Moldova produced:

* 1.1 million tons of wheat;
* 132 thousand tons of plum;
* 174 thousand tons of potato;
* 175 thousand tons of barley;
* 2.0 million tons of maize;
* 665 thousand tons of apple;
* 707 thousand tons of sugar beet (the beet is used to manufacture sugar and ethanol);
* 730 thousand tons of grape;
* 788 thousand tons of sunflower seed.

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like rapeseed (85 thousand tons). Moldova has a production of grape and apple between the 20th and 25th largest in the world, and a production of plum and sunflower seed between the 10th and 15th largest of the world.[31]

GDP by sector, 1989, 1999 and 2015

Moldova has experienced economic difficulties, like many other former Soviet republics. Since its economy was highly dependent on the rest of the former Soviet Union for energy and raw materials, the breakdown in trade following the breakup of the Soviet Union had a serious effect, exacerbated at times by drought and civil conflict. The Russian rouble devaluation of 1998 had a deleterious effect on Moldova's economy, but economic growth has been steady since 2000.

Moldova has made progress in economic reform since independence. The government has liberalized most prices and has phased out subsidies on most basic consumer goods. A program begun in March 1993 has privatized 80% of all housing units and nearly 2,000 small, medium, and large enterprises, which led to a rise in homelessness and unemployment. Other successes include the privatization of nearly all of Moldova's agricultural land from state to private ownership, as a result of an American assistance program completed in 2000. A stock market opened in June 1995.

Inflation was brought down from over 105% in 1994 to 11% in 1997. Though inflation spiked again after Russia's 1998 currency devaluation, Moldova made great strides in bringing it under control: 18.4% in 2000, 6.3% in 2001, and 4.4% in 2002. In 2003 inflation escalated again - due mainly to a drought-driven rise in agricultural prices - reaching 15.7%, although it was reined in to 12.5% in 2004. The local currency appreciated considerably in 2003 and the first months of 2004. By May, the leu had reached its highest level since the end of 1999. After the National Bank of Moldova increased considerably its purchases on the foreign exchange market, the leu stabilized in November–December 2004 at 12.00-12.50 to the US dollar.

Moldova continues transitioning towards a free-market economy. The country recorded its fifth consecutive year of positive GDP growth in 2004, with year-end real GDP growth of 8%. This growth is impressive considering that, prior to 2000, Moldova had recorded only one year of positive GDP growth since independence. Budget execution in 2004 was also impressive, as actual consolidated budget revenues exceeded projections by 1.4% for most of the year.

Privatization results in 2004 were not significant: several smaller companies and one winery were privatized in 2004, but the government postponed indefinitely the privatization of several larger state enterprises, including two electricity distribution companies. Sporadic and ineffective enforcement of the law, economic and political uncertainty, and government harassment and interference continue to discourage inflows of foreign direct investment.

Imports continued to increase more rapidly than exports during the first nine months of 2004; Moldova’s terms of trade worsened, as higher-priced energy imports outpaced the value of Moldova’s main exports—agricultural and agro-processing goods.

During 2002, Moldova rescheduled an outstanding Eurobond, in the amount of $39.6 million, to avoid a potential default. In May 2004, Moldova redeemed promissory notes with a total value of $114.5 million to Russian Gazprom for just $50 million. Moldova informed its bilateral creditors in mid-2003 that it would no longer service its debts. The 2004 budget did provide funds for external debt service (interest) at some 6% of the government budget, the 2005 budget projects external debt service at some 4%. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank resumed lending to Moldova in July 2002, and then suspended lending again in July 2003. Although Moldova passed a poverty reduction strategy in 2004, it has yet to reach an agreement with international financial institutions.

70% of total electrical energy power consumed in Moldova is imported from Ukraine and only 30% is produced in Moldova.

In 2021 Moldova's trade with Russia was $1.33b compared with the EU of $5.06. In 2022 the EU trade increased to $6.9b[32]

## Macroeconomic situation

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Real GDP per capita development of Moldova, 1973 to 2018

As a whole, Moldova is doing well, despite a series of consecutive shocks, which included the doubling of the price of imported natural gas and 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines, and a severe drought in 2007. Growth is estimated at 5 percent in 2007 and is projected to increase to 7 percent in 2008. Investment is picking up, and is beginning to replace remittances as the main source of growth—an encouraging sign that the earlier model of consumption-driven growth is changing.

Moldova increasingly faces the challenges experienced by other transition economies. Improved growth prospects have come with strong appreciation pressures from foreign exchange inflows, and a widening trade deficit. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has picked up and is estimated to have reached 12 percent of GDP in 2007, compared with 7 percent in 2006.

The main macroeconomic concern is inflation, which at 13 percent remains high for the region.

A deterioration in the merchandise trade balance due to strong import growth has been offset by improvements in net income and transfers, with a small improvement in the current account deficit to 12 percent of GDP. A resumption of wine exports to Russia in October was a major positive development, although volumes are likely to recover slowly.

Fiscal policy remained tight, ending 2007 with a modest deficit of 0.3 percent of GDP. Strong revenue performance was driven by robust VAT on imports, while expenditure was kept in line with the budget. However, the tax cuts introduced in 2008 may undermine the favorable fiscal position.

Monetary tightening in 2007 was complicated by the strong inflow of foreign exchange. The National Bank of Moldova increased reserve requirements from 10 to 15 percent, and raised policy interest rates by 2.5 percentage points. Nevertheless, the possibility of second-round effects from the drought, liquidity pressures from growing remittances and FDI, and the continued strong growth in credit and broad money suggest that upside risks to inflation are not yet fully contained.

In spite of some favorable background, Moldova remains Europe's poorest nation, resisting pursuing the types of reforms that have vastly improved the economies of some of its Eastern European neighbors. The Communist Party retained political control after winning the March 2005 parliamentary elections and re-elected its leader, Vladimir Voronin, as president in collaboration with the opposition. Although the government maintains a pro-Western stance, it has had trouble pursuing structural reforms and has made little progress on the International Monetary Fund's program to attract external financial resources. The parliament approved the government's economic growth and strategy paper in December 2004, but international financial institutions and Western investors will not be satisfied until the government begins to address fiscal adjustment, wage restraint, and payment of debt arrears. Despite the fact that the pace of privatization and industrial output has slowed, GDP growth was 7.3 percent in 2004, consumption continues to grow, and the currency continues to appreciate. The impasse in the pro-Russian Transnistria enclave, plagued by corruption and the smuggling of arms and contraband, continues despite international attempts at mediation.

## Business and economic environment

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According to the 2024 Index of Economic Freedom, Moldova ranks 99th globally with the overall score of 57.1, a decrease relative to 2023.[33]

Rule of Law  | Regulatory Efficiency  | Government Size  | Open Markets

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Parameter  | Score  | Change  in Yearly Score from 2022 | Parameter  | Score  | Change  in Yearly Score from 2022 | Parameter  | Score  | Change  in Yearly Score from 2022 | Parameter  | Score  | Change  in Yearly Score from 2022
Property Rights  | 37.9  |  | Business Freedom  | 60.2  |  | Government Spending  | 64.4  |  | Trade Freedom  | 75.6  |
Government Integrity  | 35.6  |  | Labor Freedom  | 46.6  |  | Tax Burden  | 93.4  |  | Investment Freedom  | 55.0  |
Judicial Effectiveness  | 29.8  |  | Monetary Freedom  | 71.2  |  | Fiscal Health  | 82.1  |  | Financial Freedom  | 50.0  |

*Everything above 60 is considered to be Moderately Free.

According to the 2020 Ease of Doing Business Index, Moldova's Distance to Frontier is 74.4/100 (48th globally), an increase of 1.3 relative to 2019.[34]

| Ease of doing business, 2020

Parameter |  | DTF
Starting a Business |

| 95.7% |
Dealing with Construction Permits |

| 56.2% |
Getting Electricity |

| 75.3% |
Registering Property |

| 82.8% |
Getting Credit |

| 70.00% |
Protecting Minority Investors |

| 68.0% |
Paying Taxes |

| 85.2% |
Trading Across Borders |

| 92.3% |
Enforcing Contracts |

| 63.6% |
Resolving Insolvency |

| 54.8% |

*DTF (Distance to Frontier): Higher is better

## Trade policy

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According to the World Bank, Moldova's weighted average tariff rate in 2001 (the most recent year for which World Bank data are available) was 2.8 percent. (The World Bank has revised the figure for 2001 downward from the 3.9 percent reported in the 2005 Index.) A 2004 World Bank report notes a "range of informal barriers to both imports and exports in Moldova, such as cumbersome and restrictive trade procedures, corruption, burdensome and inappropriate regulations and high transport costs." Based on the revised trade factor methodology, Moldova's trade policy score is unchanged.

### Free Trade Agreements

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Currently Moldova has signed multilateral and bilateral Free Trade Agreements with 43 countries.

Agreement | Signed | Entry into Force | Comment

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Moldova–Azerbaijan FTA | 1995 | 1996 |
Moldova–Georgia FTA | 1997 | 2007 |
CEFTA | 19 December 2006 | 28 July 2007 |
CISFTA | 18 October 2011 | 9 December 2012 |
DCFTA | 27 June 2014 | 1 July 2016 | Provisionally applied 1 September 2014 – 1 July 2016
Moldova–Turkey FTA | 11 September 2014 | 1 November 2016 |
EFTA-Moldova FTA[35] | 27 June 2023[36] |  | Awaiting ratification
Moldova–China FTA[37] |  |  | Under Negotiation

## Regional developments

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Countries tend to benefit from sharing borders with developed markets as this facilitates trade and development. Below is a table of Moldova's neighboring countries, their GDP per capita in 1995 and 2021, and trade values between the pairs. Their evolution is distinct as Romania went from a GDP per capita which was about 1.7 times larger than that of Moldova's in 1995 to one which in 2021 is more than 2.5 times as large. Ukraine on the other hand has decreased when compared to Moldova.

Country  | GDP per capita,
PPP (current international $) 1995[38] | GDP per capita,
PPP (current international $) 2021[38]

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Romania  | 5,429 | 36,277
Ukraine  | 4,136 | 14,281
Moldova  | 3,145 | 15,009

The Russian Federation for comparison rose from 5,613 in 1995 to 34,043 in 2021, slightly than Romania.

## Regional GDP

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This is a list of regions of Republic of Moldova by nominal GDP shown in Moldovan leu and Euro. Statistics shown are for 2022.[39]

Rank  | Region  | GDP (billion leu)  | GDP (billion €)  | GDP per capita (€)

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1  | Chișinău | 171.208  | 8.629  | 12,000
2  | Central Region | 39.964  | 2.014  | 1,900
3  | Northern Region | 39.534  | 1.992  | 2,000
4  | Southern Region | 17.554  | 0.884  | 1,600
5  | Gagauzia | 6.229  | 0.314  | 2,900
| Moldova | 274.488  | 13.834  | 5,700

## Fiscal burden

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Moldova's income tax rate has been a flat 12 percent since 2019.

The corporate tax rate for SRL companies has been 12 percent from 2012, since 2018 the unique tax of 7% for IT companies part of Moldova IT Park was implemented.[40]

The Sales tax (VAT) standard rate has remained at 20% since 2014. There are reduced rates of 12% and 8% for certain goods.[41]

In 2024, Moldova decided that companies in Transnistria and Moldova should be treated in a similar way as regards customs duties on imported goods, resulting in Transnistria import companies needing to register with Moldova and pay import custom duties (but not V.A.T., nor excise duties) to Moldova. This would also hopefully reduce smuggling of goods out of Transnistria that had been imported duty free, such as cigarettes.[42]

## Monetary policy

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NBM gorvenor Sergiu Cioclea (left) and future gorvenor Octavian Armașu (centre), 28 June 2018

Annual inflation rate hit 30.2% in December 2022, mainly as a result of the rise in world wide fuel and food costs, falling in 2023, interest rates are now also falling but remain high until inflation is under control.[43] NBM gorvenor Octavian Armașu announced on 5 December 2022 the start monetary policy easing, as inflation was stable following the previous tightening of monetary policy. Thus, the base rate was from that point gradually reduced from 21.5 to 6 per cent by June 2023.[44][45][46] On 15 November, Armașu announced that inflation due to the NBM's measures had returned to the variability corridor of 3.5–6.5 per cent, stating "Pro-inflationary factors will be weaker in the foreseeable event horizon, and our task for the time being is to pursue a monetary policy that stimulates aggregate demand". In addition, the annual rate for 2024 was lowered from 5.1 to 4.5 per cent.[47][48]

## Foreign investment

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The Moldovan government does not maintain many formal barriers to foreign investment, and the Moldovan embassy reports that foreign investors are free to "place their investments throughout the Republic of Moldova, in any area of business activity, as long as it does not go against the interests of the national security, anti-monopoly legislation, environment protection norms, public health and public order."

Since gaining independence in 1992, Moldova privatised most state-owned enterprises, and most sectors of the economy are almost entirely in private hands. The government keeping control of electrical distribution, railways, the state airline Air Moldova, fixed line communication company Moldtelecom and the country’s largest tobacco company.[49]

Invest Moldova was created to encourage inward investment, promoting the low levels of tax on individuals and companies. Free Economic Zones have been created designed for export-oriented manufacturing companies, Industrial Parks have been established to bring companies together and offer lower operating costs.[50]

Foreign direct investment is slowly rising, $587m in 2022, $410m in 2021 and $150m in 2020, with each year supplemented with $4.7-4.9 billion of loans, with manufacturing, financial intermediation, and trade being the main sectors.[51]

## Banking and finance

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Main article: List of banks in Moldova

There are no official barriers to founding foreign banks or branches in Moldova. The central bank the National Bank of Moldova has a responsibility to the management and control of all banks in Moldova.

In 2014 a major fraud took place, the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal which nearly bankrupted the country. $1 billion disappeared from three Moldovan banks: Banca de Economii, Unibank and Banca Socială.[52] In the week preceding the 2014 Moldovan parliamentary election more than $750 million were extracted from the three banks in just three days, with a van loaded with stolen files from the banks being burned. A number of people were charged, Ilan Shor was convicted but fled justice.

Major reforms to the legal framework of the Moldovan financial sector have taken place as the country progresses to implementing the EU`s legislation. By 2023 the Moldovan banking system is regarded as harmonized at a high level with the relevant EU community.[53] The IMF reported in 2023 that Banks remain adequately capitalised, maintain adequate liquidity coverage and healthy asset quality.[54] However, in December 2023, Moldovan parliament voted to dismiss NBM governor Octavian Armașu.[55][56] In a June 2024 report, the European Commission described Armașu's dismissal as sudden and unexpected, stating that "the procedure by which the former governor was dismissed is a cause for concern and may pose a risk to the independence of the central bank".[57][58] The decision was also scrutinised by the IMF, referring to the decision as abrupt and course for concern about the independence of the NBM.[59]

## Wages and prices

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The government influences prices through the large state-owned sector. According to the Ministry of Economy, the state regulates the prices of goods and services provided by monopolies and the prices of electric or thermal energy, land, medical services, and services offered by local tax regions. Moldova has two legal monthly minimum wages: one wage for state employees and another, higher wage for the private sector.

In 2023, the average monthly salary in the economy was MDL 12,175 (approx. 630 EUR / 686 USD)

## Property rights

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The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that the "legal system has improved in recent years. Moldova has a documented and consistently applied commercial law." Nevertheless, much more needs to be done. According to the U.S. Department of State, "The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary; however, the executive branch has exerted undue influence on the judiciary. Many observers believe that arrears in salary payments also make it difficult for judges to remain independent from outside influences and free from corruption."

## Regulation

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"Bureaucratic procedures are not always transparent and red tape often makes processing unnecessarily long," reports the U.S. Department of Commerce. "[C]ommercial law is a confusing patchwork of narrow statutes and an outdated civil code. With USAID experts, a draft civil code has been developed which follows the current European practice of incorporating commercial law provisions." The same source reports that anti-corruption laws "are not effectively enforced and corruption exists at an advanced level." A report provided by the World Bank indicates that labor laws are somewhat rigid.

## Informal market

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Transparency International's 2004 score for Moldova is 2.3. Thereafter, Moldova's informal market score is 4 in 2005. In 2011 the corruption score for Moldova is 2.9, better than it was in 2004, concluding TI.[60]

## Tourism

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Main article: Tourism in Moldova

* Total:  503,700 in 2023[61]
* International Tourism:  406,000
* Inbound:  43,600
* Romania \- 38.9%
* Italy \- 14.4%
* Ukraine \- 14.0%
* Germany \- 5.3%
* USA \- 5.2%
* Outbound:  362,400
* Turkey \- 47.0%
* Bulgaria \- 18.9%
* Egypt \- 10.6%
* Romania \- 10.3%
* Greece \- 5.5%
* Domestic Tourism:  97,700

There are around 15,000 sights and 300 natural zones within Moldova, which represent a potential for domestic and international tourists.

## Statistics

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Year  | GDP
(in bil. US$ nominal)  | GDP per capita
(in US$ nominal)  | GDP
(in bil. US$ PPP)  | GDP per capita
(in US$ PPP)  | GDP growth
(real)  | Inflation
(CPI)  | Inflation
(End of Period)  | Public Debt
(Government Gross Debt)  | Public Debt
(Current Account Balance)  | External Debt
(General government US$)  | Total External Debt (US$)

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2013  | 9.496  | 3,307.3  | 23.961  | 8,345.0  | 9.0%  | 4.57%  | 5.1%  | 29.9%  | -5.2%  | 1.305  | 6.729
2014  | 9.510  | 3,314.5  | 25.218  | 8,789.2  | 5.0%  | 5.06%  | 4.7%  | 34.9%  | -6.0%  | 1.320  | 6.320
2015  | 7.726  | 2,715.7  | 26.233  | 9,221.8  | -0.3%  | 9.6%  | 13.5%  | 42.4%  | -6.0%  | 1.354  | 5.932
2016  | 8.072  | 2,857.8  | 29.732  | 10,527.0  | 4.4%  | 6.4%  | 2.3%  | 39.2%  | -3.6%  | 1.481  | 6.056
2017  | 9.515  | 3,422.6  | 31.586  | 11,361.9  | 4.2%  | 6.5%  | 7.3%  | 34.8%  | -5.8%  | 1.722  | 6.833
2018  | 11.252  | 4,121.0  | 33.671  | 12,332.0  | 4.1%  | 3.6%  | 0.9%  | 31.8%  | -10.8%  | 1.706  | 7.321
2019  | 11.737  | 4,376.6  | 35.509  | 13,241.0  | 3.6%  | 4.8%  | 7.5%  | 28.8%  | -9.4%  | 1.718  | 7.416
2020  | 11.530  | 4,377.5  | 32.987  | 12,523.5  | -8.3  | 3.7%  | 0.4%  | 36.6%  | -7.7%  | 2.255  | 8.088
2021  | 13.694  | 5,293.2  | 39.259  | 15,175.3  | 13.9  | 5.1%  | 13.9%  | 32.6%  | -12.4%  | 2.606  | 8.740
2022  | 14.550  | 5,726.3  | 39.918  | 15,709.5  | -4.9  | 28.5%  | 30.2%  | 32.6%  | -14.3%  | 3.172  | 9.593
2023  | 16.000  | 6,410.9  | 42.217  | 16,915.7  | 2.0  | 13.3%  | 5.0%  | 35.0%  | -12.1%  | 3.487  | 10.242

### Moldovan economy in graphics

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* GDP (Nominal per capita) of Moldova and Neighboring Countries

* GDP (PPP per capita) of Moldova and Neighboring Countries

* Moldovan Foreign Workers Remittances to Moldova and GDP Nominal

Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2017)[62]
Agricultural production growth rate: 2.5% (2018)[63]

## See also

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* Economy of Europe
* Moldova

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