Moldova Poverty Rate 1997-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Moldova poverty rate for 2019 was 13.30%, a 0.5% increase from 2018.
- Moldova poverty rate for 2018 was 12.80%, a 3% decline from 2017.
- Moldova poverty rate for 2017 was 15.80%, a 0.1% decline from 2016.
- Moldova poverty rate for 2016 was 15.90%, a 0.4% increase from 2015.
| Moldova Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
13.30% |
0.50% |
| 2018 |
12.80% |
-3.00% |
| 2017 |
15.80% |
-0.10% |
| 2016 |
15.90% |
0.40% |
| 2015 |
15.50% |
-2.40% |
| 2014 |
17.90% |
-1.30% |
| 2013 |
19.20% |
-4.80% |
| 2012 |
24.00% |
-1.00% |
| 2011 |
25.00% |
-3.30% |
| 2010 |
28.30% |
-2.70% |
| 2009 |
31.00% |
-1.40% |
| 2008 |
32.40% |
1.40% |
| 2007 |
31.00% |
-8.90% |
| 2006 |
39.90% |
-33.80% |
| 2005 |
73.70% |
5.20% |
| 2004 |
68.50% |
0.70% |
| 2003 |
67.80% |
-7.70% |
| 2002 |
75.50% |
-9.50% |
| 2001 |
85.00% |
-5.10% |
| 2000 |
90.10% |
2.20% |
| 1999 |
87.90% |
5.00% |
| 1998 |
82.90% |
8.60% |
| 1997 |
74.30% |
8.60% |
