Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Moldova
Moldova: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2679 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Moldova, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.2679 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% 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 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.3694 | — |
| 1998 | 0.3952 | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4262 | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3642 | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3799 | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3585 | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.349 | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3503 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3628 | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.354 | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3442 | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3469 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3291 | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3205 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3063 | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2916 | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2853 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2683 | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2703 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2635 | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.259 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2566 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2602 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2505 | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2573 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2586 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2676 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 0.2679 | +0.1% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.2679 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 75% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.2679 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 88% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
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 | 0.2604 | 0.2505 | 0.2679 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 61.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.64 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Moldova?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Moldova was 0.2679 in 2024, 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 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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.