Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova
Moldova: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 96.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 96.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova peaked at 99.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 95.0%, in 2007.
That places Moldova 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 99.4% | — |
| 1998 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 99.8% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 99.4% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 98.8% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 99.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 96.3% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 95.0% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 95.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 96.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 95.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 95.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 96.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 95.9% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.7% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 95.8% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 96.6% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 95.9% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 95.5% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 97.2% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 96.1% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 96.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 95.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 96.3% | +0.4% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 96.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 96.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 2.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 97.8% | 95.0% | 99.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.1% | 95.5% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.4% | 95.9% | 97.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova was 96.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.0% in 2007.
- How does Moldova rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Moldova ranks 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.