News about Statistics
The proceeds to the state budget of the Republic of Moldova from the activity of the Customs Service for the period of May 18-24, 2026, amounted to more than 871.7 million lei.
At the end of the Republican Olympiad in Economics, 30 pupils were awarded with commemorative badges. The competition was organized on the basis of the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova. It was attended by 134 pupils from all over the country.
In the ranking of the most prosperous countries in the world, 30 out of 40 places belong to European countries. The top five world leaders are Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland.
Official inflation in Moldova in annualized terms in April 2026 amounted to 6.8%. In the previous month it was 5.8%. So the April growth was the most significant since December 2025.
About 1,500 students in grades 9 and 12 from across the country participated in the second round of digital skills testing organized by the Ministry of Education and Research in collaboration with the National Curriculum and Assessment Agency on May 25.
Despite the statements of some experts that money transfers from abroad to Moldova are decreasing, the statistics show the opposite.
Moldova’s passport is currently ranked 87th in the Nomad Passport Index 2026, with a total score of 79. The country has moved up 5 positions compared to last year.
The richest one in a thousand residents of Europe receives about 4.5% of all incomes, but in different countries this figure differs several times – from less than 2% to more than 10%. This is evidenced by the data of the World Inequality Database.
Popular statistical service Numbeo has presented a fresh ranking of countries in terms of average monthly salary after taxes.
Public debt service costs in developed countries are growing rapidly, reaching record global levels. This process is caused by the need for emergency anti-crisis borrowing and a long period of high interest rates set by central banks to fight inflation. Between 2020 and 2025, the ratio of public debt to GDP in developed countries increased by 25-30% on average.
The Republic of Moldova, according to Microsoft, ranks 60th out of 146 countries in the world in the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).
According to the latest European Union statistics, the price of natural gas for household consumers in Moldova does not exceed the EU average. In 2025, the highest natural gas prices for households were recorded in Sweden (€0.2092 per kWh), the Netherlands (€0.1719) and Italy (€0.1481). The cheapest gas was in Hungary (€0.0340 per kWh), Croatia (€0.0543) and Romania (€0.0566).
Germany has renewed the historical record for the number of new citizens: in 2025, German passports were issued to 309.8 thousand people in 14 federal states alone. This is more than the previous high of 2024, when citizenship was granted to 292,000 people.
April was “marked” by steady, but atypical exports of Moldovan corn. Last month, Moldova shipped 56.4 thousand tons of corn to foreign markets for a total of 229.2 million lei. The weighted average realized price was 4,062 lei/ton.
European pork production, consumption and exports will continue to decline. An important reason is the consequences of ASF in Spain. Experts of the European Commission expect that pork production in the EU-27 countries in 2026 will decrease by about 1.0% to about 21.76 million tons.
Teleradio-Moldova has published data on the viewership of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
For the first time since 2022, global grain production will decline this year. The main reasons are a decrease in planted area and lower average yields of cereal crops. This is the latest forecast from the International Grains Council (IGC), according to forecasts,
Over the next five years, the balance of power among the world’s largest economies may change significantly. India will make the most impressive leap to the top of the list.
In April 2026, the net demand of economic agents (legal entities) for foreign currency in Moldova was covered by the net supply from individuals by 80.5%. This indicator shows a decrease compared to March, when the level of coverage amounted to 92.0%. The main indicators and tendencies of the foreign exchange market, according to the official reports of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), were formed under the influence of business activity recovery and servicing of external liabilities.
Moldova ranked 15th out of 25 countries with the worst health care in the world.
