Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Moldova
Moldova: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2676 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Moldova, 1997–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.2676 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Moldova peaked at 0.4262 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.2505, in 2020.
That places Moldova 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3969 | 0.3694 | 0.4262 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3539 | 0.3291 | 0.3799 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2782 | 0.2566 | 0.3205 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2585 | 0.2505 | 0.2676 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,434 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.146 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 32.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1365 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1355 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Moldova?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Moldova was 0.2676 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4262 in 1999.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2505 in 2020.
- How does Moldova rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Moldova ranks 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.