Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Moldova

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Moldova in 2023 — 20.4%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 57. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 56.1 pp.

2023 20.4% +0.7 pp vs 2022
World rank 37of 57
Period maximum 91.2%2000
Period minimum 15.4%2021

Trend over time

1997–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Moldova, 1997–2023025507510019972000200320062009201220152018202120231997: 76.5%1998: 84.4%1999: 88.8%2000: 91.2%2001: 86.4%2002: 77.6%2003: 70.8%2004: 71.4%2005: 76.2%2006: 43.1%2007: 33.7%2008: 35.4%2009: 34.3%2010: 31.7%2011: 28%2012: 27.3%2013: 22.5%2014: 21.4%2015: 19%2016: 19.1%2017: 18.8%2018: 15.5%2019: 16.1%2020: 16.7%2021: 15.4%2022: 19.7%2023: 20.4%
Change over the period: −56.1 pp Annual average: -2.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 20.4%
World 47%
Eastern Europe computed 1.67%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.4 +0.7 pp
2022 19.7 +4.3 pp
2021 15.4 −1.3 pp
2020 16.7 +0.6 pp
2019 16.1 +0.6 pp
2018 15.5 −3.3 pp
2017 18.8 −0.3 pp
2016 19.1 +0.1 pp
2015 19 −2.4 pp
2014 21.4 −1.1 pp
2013 22.5 −4.8 pp
2012 27.3 −0.7 pp
2011 28 −3.7 pp
2010 31.7 −2.6 pp
2009 34.3 −1.1 pp
2008 35.4 +1.7 pp
2007 33.7 −9.4 pp
2006 43.1 −33.1 pp
2005 76.2 +4.8 pp
2004 71.4 +0.6 pp
2003 70.8 −6.8 pp
2002 77.6 −8.8 pp
2001 86.4 −4.8 pp
2000 91.2 +2.4 pp
1999 88.8 +4.4 pp
1998 84.4 +7.9 pp
1997 76.5

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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