Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Moldova
Moldova: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 99.1% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
99.1%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
36th
of 119 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2000
All-time low
98.3%
in 2007
Years of data
24
1997–2021
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Moldova, 1997–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 99.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Moldova peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2007.
Moldova ranks 36th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 99.8% | — |
| 1998 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 98.7% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 98.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 98.5% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 98.9% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 98.7% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 98.9% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 99.1% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 99.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 99.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 99.3% | 98.3% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.1% | 98.7% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Moldova?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Moldova was 99.1% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2007.
- How does Moldova rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Moldova ranks 36th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.