Central government expense in Moldova

Central government expense in Moldova was equal to 34.5% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2009.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1997 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2023 34.5% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +2.2percentage points 2022: 32.2%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Moldova (2023).

Central government expense in Moldova over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period MoldovaWorld
2023 34.5% –
2022 32.2% 28.5%
2021 30.0% 31.7%
2020 32.7% 33.4%
2019 28.3% 26.7%
2018 27.8% 26.1%
2017 27.2% 26.3%
2016 26.7% 26.6%
2015 28.3% 26.8%
2014 29.4% 26.8%
2013 27.1% 27.1%
2012 27.9% 27.4%
2011 27.4% 27.5%
2010 29.1% 28.4%
2009 38.0% 28.4%
2008 32.8% 25.9%
2007 32.4% 24.8%
2006 31.9% 24.9%
2005 29.3% 25.1%
2004 27.3% 24.8%
2003 22.2% 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 22.3% 24.7%
2000 28.9% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 32.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 27.1%, the figure has changed by +7.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2023 for Moldova
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics