Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova
Moldova: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 3.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova, 2008–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2021, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova stood at 3.9%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova peaked at 7.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2021.
Moldova ranks 11th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.8% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 4.4% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.73 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,434 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 30.64 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.146 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 32.03 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1087 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1087 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1365 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1355 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Moldova was 3.9% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2021.
- How does Moldova rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Moldova ranks 11th out of 26 countries with data for 2021.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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