Moldova
GDP growth in Moldova
GDP growth in Moldova: -17.5% a year in 1991 and 2.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.4% a year
- Since 1991
- +19.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 93 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.5% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.5% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 13.9% a year in 2021, the lowest -30.9% a year in 1994.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Moldova |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | -4.6 |
| 2021 | 13.9 |
| 2020 | -8.3 |
| 2019 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 4.6 |
| 2015 | -0.7 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2012 | -0.6 |
| 2011 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 7.1 |
| 2009 | -6 |
| 2008 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 7.8 |
| 2001 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 2.1 |
| 1999 | -3.4 |
| 1998 | -6.5 |
| 1997 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | -5.9 |
| 1995 | -1.4 |
| 1994 | -30.9 |
| 1993 | -1.2 |
| 1992 | -29.7 |
| 1991 | -17.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Moldova |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5 |
| 2027 | 2.3 |
| 2028 | 3.2 |
| 2029 | 3.5 |
| 2030 | 3.5 |
| 2031 | 3.5 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2011