Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Moldova
Moldova: Population living in slums (% of urban population) was 6.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Moldova, 2000–2018
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 6.5% for population living in slums in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Moldova peaked at 26.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2014.
That places Moldova 109th out of 174 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Population living in slums (% of urban population) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.5% | — |
| 2002 | 23.7% | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | -12.2% |
| 2006 | 18.0% | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | -16.1% |
| 2010 | 12.3% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | -23.6% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | -30.9% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 6.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.8%, 41% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 6.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 20.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.8% | 15.1% | 26.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 6.5% | 12.3% | 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 population living in slums in Moldova?
- Population living in slums in Moldova was 6.5% in 2018, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 26.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2014.
- How does Moldova rank for population living in slums?
- Moldova ranks 109th out of 174 countries with data for 2018.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.