Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova
Moldova: Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) was 11.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova, 1988–2021
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 11.8% for income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in 2021. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova peaked at 11.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1988.
Moldova ranks 84th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5.0% | — |
| 1993 | 9.0% | +81.3% |
| 1998 | 9.2% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 8.9% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 10.2% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11.8% | +5.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 11.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 71% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 11.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.8%, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +81.3% | 5.0% | 9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 9.0% | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.1% | 8.9% | 11.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 2 |
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 income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova?
- Income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) in Moldova was 11.8% in 2021, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1988.
- How does Moldova rank for income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax)?
- Moldova ranks 84th out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income share of the richest 1% vs. gini coefficient (before tax) rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured before taxes and benefits.