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Moldova’s Academic Freedom Index in 2025 stood at 0.69, which is 15% lower than it was ten years earlier. The global average is 0.55, with the lowest score at 0.02 and the highest at 0.98.
State-owned enterprises and trading companies ended 2025 with sales revenue of 68.5 billion lei and a combined net profit of more than 3.1 billion lei. Compared to 2024, revenue increased by 16.9 billion lei, or approximately 33%. Total net profit grew more than fivefold, from 570.4 million lei.
According to the Global Innovation Index 2025 report, compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Republic of Moldova ranked 74th, placing between Kuwait and the Seychelles.
The World Bank has classified the Republic of Moldova as an upper-middle-income country.
The Republic of Moldova’s passport ranks 45th in the 2026 Henley Passport Index, granting access to 120 countries without a prior visa or with a visa on arrival.
The index ranks 85 countries based on criteria such as GDP, foreign direct investment, tourism, and human development. The list is divided into two parts: countries with the best and worst quality of life.
A medieval estate in Italy with its own winery and views of the Val d’Orcia valley topped the Travel + Leisure ranking.
The world’s largest companies, as listed in the new annual Forbes Global 2000 ranking, have set new records for revenue, profit, assets, and market capitalization. According to the updated ranking, despite trade wars, geopolitical tensions, high energy prices, and inflation, global companies continue to demonstrate steady growth.
The Republic of Moldova ranks 64th out of 120 in the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index 2026.
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, took first place on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list of the world’s wealthiest individuals, with a net worth of $1.1 trillion. His net worth exceeds the combined net worth of his four closest competitors on the list.
The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Kazakhstan’s sovereign credit rating at “BBB” with a “stable” outlook.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been named the world’s best university by the influential QS World University Rankings 2027. Imperial College London and Stanford University tied for second place.
A new study finds that the world economy is losing about $2.2 trillion in annual gross domestic product because of the war between the U.S. and Iran. And this amount will increase as the conflict drags on.
Military budgets of different countries are often compared in dollar terms, but an analysis of expenditures relative to GDP seems more appropriate because it shows which countries bear the greatest defense burden.
The Republic of Moldova ranked 101st in the Global Investment Risk and Sustainability Index as of May 2026, dropping by 19 positions over the year.
International tourism remains inaccessible to much of the world’s population: new data highlight significant differences in overseas travel experiences between major economies.
Investors counting on high rental income in the eurozone are increasingly turning their attention not to the largest European capitals, but to regional cities.
The combined fortune of the richest Russian businessmen has grown by $21.85 billion since the beginning of 2026,
The Republic of Moldova is among the countries where the threat of terrorist acts and other similar phenomena is minimal.
China and the United States are at the center of global trade flows – they dominate both purchases and shipments of goods around the world. Together with Germany, these countries account for a huge share of global trade in goods.
