COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Moldova Poverty Headcount
Moldova poverty headcount: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2019, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31,60 | 0,50 |
| 2022 | 31,10 | 6,60 |
| 2021 | 24,50 | -2,30 |
| 2020 | 26,80 | 1,60 |
| 2019 | 25,20 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesMoldova recorded 31,60 percent in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2022, the poverty headcount increased by 0,50.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 5 observations from 2019 to 2023, the average was 27,84; the minimum was 24,50 in 2021 and the maximum was 31,60 in 2023.
Moldova ranks 107 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also above the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.