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 95.9% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Moldova, 1997–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 95.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.0% 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 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More poverty & inequality data for Moldova
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.146 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 32.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1087 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1365 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1355 (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 95.9% in 2023, 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 2023.
- 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 0.0%. 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.