Moldova vs Romania
Moldova vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports: 12 million TIV in Moldova in 2011 and 132 million TIV in Romania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Moldova, by 12 million TIV.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Moldova has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Romania.
- The world as a whole: 29.9 billion TIV in 2011.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Moldova | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 12 million | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 20 million | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 29 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 19 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 13 million | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 60 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 42 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 5 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 217 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 36 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 11 million | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Moldova vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyMoldova: 71.2 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMoldova: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMoldova: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMoldova: 75.2% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionMoldova: 3.43% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateMoldova: 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMoldova: 3.07 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMoldova: -0.89% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMoldova: 1.73 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMoldova: 43.7% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageMoldova: 37.8 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMoldova: 15.6% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMoldova: -6.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMoldova: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMoldova: $103M in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personMoldova: $38 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMoldova: 1.4% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMoldova: 6,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerMoldova: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMoldova: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMoldova: 5 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025