Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Moldova

Extreme poverty rate in Moldova in 2023 — 0.1%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 57. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 19 pp.

2023 0.1% +0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 5of 57
Period maximum 44%1999
Period minimum 0%2014

Trend over time

1997–2023 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Moldova, 1997–2023020406019972000200320062009201220152018202120231997: 19.1%1998: 31.9%1999: 44%2000: 41%2001: 32.2%2002: 19.9%2003: 10%2004: 11.6%2005: 16.6%2006: 3.4%2007: 1.6%2008: 1.7%2009: 1.5%2010: 0.8%2011: 0.5%2012: 0.5%2013: 0.1%2014: 0%2015: 0.1%2016: 0.2%2017: 0.1%2018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0.2%2022: 0%2023: 0.1%
Change over the period: −19 pp Annual average: -0.73 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Moldova

Moldova 0.1%
World 10.6%
Eastern Europe computed 0.2%
Extreme poverty rate — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.1 +0.1 pp
2022 0 −0.2 pp
2021 0.2 +0.2 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 −0.1 pp
2017 0.1 −0.1 pp
2016 0.2 +0.1 pp
2015 0.1 +0.1 pp
2014 0 −0.1 pp
2013 0.1 −0.4 pp
2012 0.5 +0 pp
2011 0.5 −0.3 pp
2010 0.8 −0.7 pp
2009 1.5 −0.2 pp
2008 1.7 +0.1 pp
2007 1.6 −1.8 pp
2006 3.4 −13.2 pp
2005 16.6 +5 pp
2004 11.6 +1.6 pp
2003 10 −9.9 pp
2002 19.9 −12.3 pp
2001 32.2 −8.8 pp
2000 41 −3 pp
1999 44 +12.1 pp
1998 31.9 +12.8 pp
1997 19.1

Eastern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.