The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) provides data on the regional improvement of the country. In Chisinau, the lighting level amounted to 91.7% (an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to 2024). The lowest lighting levels are in the Southern region (73.9% – 3.3 percentage points less than in 2024) and in the Northern region (76.1%). In the Central Region, the illuminance level is about 80.3%.
Wider coverage with street lighting (more than 90% of the total length of streets) was recorded in 22 urban settlements. The total length of illuminated urban streets exceeds 3.5 thousand kilometers out of a total of 4.2 thousand kilometers. In 2025, the total illumination of cities across the country reached about 82.7%.
However, in 2025 (as in the previous year) in 6 cities (Cricova, Edinec, Glodeni, Frunze, Bukovets and Jargara) street lighting was provided up to 50%. Of these, the lowest level of street lighting was recorded in Glodeni (29.8%) and Frunze (36.4%).
