Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Moldova

0.6% of people in Moldova lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1997 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2024 0.6% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 0.8%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Moldova over time

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

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period MoldovaWorld
2024 0.6% 18.2%
2023 0.8% 19.3%
2022 0.3% 20.5%
2021 0.3% 21.4%
2020 0.2% 22.1%
2019 0.4% –
2018 0.4% 22.3%
2017 0.6% 23.6%
2016 0.9% 24.9%
2015 0.8% 26.3%
2014 0.7% 27.9%
2013 1.5% 29.3%
2012 2.1% 32.0%
2011 2.7% 33.6%
2010 3.8% 35.8%
2009 6.1% 38.1%
2008 6.6% 39.3%
2007 6.0% 40.5%
2006 9.6% 42.2%
2005 34.1% 43.7%
2004 26.8% 45.4%
2003 25.9% 47.2%
2002 38.4% 48.6%
2001 53.3% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 0.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.7%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2024 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform