Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Moldova

21.4% of people in Moldova lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1997 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2024 21.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 20.4%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period MoldovaWorld
2024 21.4% 46.2%
2023 20.4% 47.1%
2022 19.7% 48.3%
2021 15.4% 48.7%
2020 16.7% 50.4%
2019 16.1% –
2018 15.5% 50.4%
2017 18.8% 51.5%
2016 19.1% 52.4%
2015 19.0% 53.5%
2014 21.4% 54.7%
2013 22.5% 55.8%
2012 27.3% 57.5%
2011 28.0% 58.8%
2010 31.7% 60.2%
2009 34.3% 61.7%
2008 35.4% 62.5%
2007 33.7% 63.6%
2006 43.1% 65.0%
2005 76.2% 66.2%
2004 71.4% 67.4%
2003 70.8% 68.7%
2002 77.6% 69.3%
2001 86.4% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 20.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 21.4%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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