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Moldova vs Rwanda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 135th vs. 146th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Rwanda
Population
2358679
14826674
Population rank 145/197 77/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$14.3B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 144/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$1,000
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 177/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$3,711
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$9.58B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
77.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$672
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 156/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$2,587
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
9,525 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
1,497 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
3.7
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
20.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
68.2 years
2025

Moldova and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Rwanda economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Rwanda
Year GDP
Moldova Rwanda
1960 - $119,000,024
1961 - $122,000,016
1962 - $125,000,008
1963 - $128,000,000
1964 - $129,999,994
1965 - $148,799,980
1966 - $124,525,703
1967 - $159,560,018
1968 - $172,200,018
1969 - $188,700,037
1970 - $219,900,006
1971 - $222,952,504
1972 - $246,457,838
1973 - $290,746,157
1974 - $308,458,423
1975 - $571,863,500
1976 - $637,753,853
1977 - $746,650,613
1978 - $905,709,076
1979 - $1,109,346,131
1980 - $1,254,765,642
1981 - $1,407,062,527
1982 - $1,407,243,139
1983 - $1,479,687,587
1984 - $1,587,413,084
1985 - $1,715,626,331
1986 - $1,944,710,684
1987 - $2,157,432,668
1988 - $2,395,492,687
1989 - $2,405,022,593
1990 $3,592,857,043 $2,550,185,679
1991 $3,094,565,871 $1,911,600,237
1992 $2,319,243,436 $2,029,026,962
1993 $2,371,813,324 $1,971,525,712
1994 $1,702,314,268 $753,636,370
1995 $1,752,999,370 $1,293,535,193
1996 $1,695,122,174 $1,382,334,879
1997 $1,930,081,169 $1,851,558,197
1998 $1,698,717,505 $1,989,343,546
1999 $1,170,782,957 $2,157,108,263
2000 $1,288,429,392 $2,068,836,754
2001 $1,480,673,594 $1,966,600,715
2002 $1,661,818,168 $1,966,003,468
2003 $1,980,907,435 $2,138,237,279
2004 $2,598,249,556 $2,376,496,067
2005 $2,988,342,907 $2,933,819,766
2006 $3,408,255,451 $3,319,784,539
2007 $4,401,173,152 $4,070,507,895
2008 $6,054,824,248 $5,179,854,065
2009 $5,439,434,272 $5,674,476,969
2010 $6,974,982,370 $6,124,756,654
2011 $8,414,352,020 $6,884,913,658
2012 $8,709,138,635 $7,654,761,045
2013 $9,496,717,876 $7,819,964,024
2014 $9,402,090,138 $8,238,966,120
2015 $7,797,667,197 $8,543,760,206
2016 $7,980,917,076 $8,695,272,061
2017 $9,514,404,016 $9,252,833,894
2018 $11,252,353,421 $9,637,904,519
2019 $11,736,797,055 $10,349,300,277
2020 $11,530,746,234 $10,174,386,855
2021 $13,691,869,264 $11,078,787,095
2022 $14,525,337,524 $13,316,161,006
2023 $16,711,906,746 $14,331,722,700
2024 $18,200,340,854 $14,251,642,231

Moldova and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Rwanda
Year GDP per capita
Moldova Rwanda
1960 - $39.4
1961 - $39.3
1962 - $39.2
1963 - $39.3
1964 - $39
1965 - $43.5
1966 - $35.4
1967 - $44
1968 - $46
1969 - $48.9
1970 - $55.2
1971 - $54.4
1972 - $58.4
1973 - $66.9
1974 - $68.9
1975 - $124.1
1976 - $134.4
1977 - $152.7
1978 - $179.9
1979 - $213.8
1980 - $234.4
1981 - $254.6
1982 - $246.4
1983 - $250.6
1984 - $259.9
1985 - $271.6
1986 - $297.7
1987 - $320
1988 - $344
1989 - $335
1990 $1,207 $346
1991 $1,038 $254
1992 $778 $264.1
1993 $797 $247
1994 $574 $111
1995 $594 $228
1996 $575 $206
1997 $657 $238.7
1998 $579 $246.2
1999 $399 $264.7
2000 $441 $251.9
2001 $507 $237.3
2002 $571 $234
2003 $682 $249
2004 $897 $269.5
2005 $1,034 $324
2006 $1,183 $357
2007 $1,531 $426
2008 $2,111 $528
2009 $1,898 $564
2010 $2,437 $594
2011 $2,941 $651
2012 $3,045 $707
2013 $3,321 $705
2014 $3,290 $725
2015 $2,750 $734
2016 $2,847 $730
2017 $3,453 $758
2018 $4,156 $772
2019 $4,405 $810
2020 $4,376 $779
2021 $5,275 $830
2022 $5,744 $975
2023 $6,800 $1,027
2024 $7,618 $1,000

Moldova vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Rwanda
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Rwanda
1950 54 43.2
1951 54.5 43.5
1952 55.1 43.8
1953 55.7 44.1
1954 56.3 44.4
1955 56.9 44.8
1956 57.4 45.2
1957 58 45.6
1958 58.5 46.1
1959 59 46.5
1960 59.4 47
1961 59.9 47.5
1962 60.3 47.8
1963 60.6 44
1964 61 48.1
1965 61.3 48.2
1966 61.6 48.1
1967 61.8 48
1968 62 47.7
1969 62.2 47.4
1970 62.4 47.1
1971 62.7 46.8
1972 62.9 46.3
1973 63.2 45.9
1974 63.4 45.6
1975 63.7 45.3
1976 64 45.3
1977 64.2 45.6
1978 64.5 46.2
1979 64.8 47.1
1980 65.2 48.1
1981 65.6 49.2
1982 65.9 50.2
1983 66.1 50.9
1984 66.4 51.4
1985 66.9 51.7
1986 67.4 51.7
1987 67.9 51.5
1988 68.2 50.9
1989 68.2 49.5
1990 67.9 47.8
1991 67.6 46.2
1992 66.7 44.4
1993 66.7 42.9
1994 66.3 12.2
1995 66.2 41.5
1996 66.2 42.5
1997 66.5 42
1998 66.8 43.1
1999 67.2 45.7
2000 67.5 47.8
2001 67.7 49.5
2002 67.8 51.3
2003 67.9 53.5
2004 68 55.5
2005 68.2 57
2006 68.4 58.3
2007 68.7 59.5
2008 69 60.6
2009 69.4 61.8
2010 69.9 62.8
2011 70.2 63.5
2012 70.3 64.2
2013 70.3 64.7
2014 70.2 65.1
2015 70.1 65.4
2016 70.2 65.7
2017 70.4 66.1
2018 70.2 66.4
2019 70.2 66.7
2020 69.9 67
2021 69 66.8
2022 71.5 67.5
2023 71.2 67.8
2024 71.3 68
2025 71.5 68.2

Moldova and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Rwanda
Year Population
Moldova Rwanda
1960 2,058,020 3,022,294
1961 2,103,327 3,106,779
1962 2,147,227 3,186,025
1963 2,188,895 3,258,890
1964 2,228,000 3,334,834
1965 2,265,287 3,423,210
1966 2,301,871 3,521,626
1967 2,337,695 3,629,577
1968 2,373,073 3,744,010
1969 2,408,469 3,861,271
1970 2,437,590 3,980,669
1971 2,460,611 4,100,044
1972 2,484,742 4,220,335
1973 2,510,584 4,345,047
1974 2,538,164 4,474,228
1975 2,566,998 4,607,728
1976 2,596,491 4,745,954
1977 2,626,298 4,888,240
1978 2,656,211 5,035,171
1979 2,683,035 5,189,541
1980 2,708,675 5,353,259
1981 2,735,987 5,527,230
1982 2,763,101 5,711,549
1983 2,791,207 5,905,311
1984 2,820,518 6,107,627
1985 2,850,787 6,317,228
1986 2,883,057 6,531,881
1987 2,916,306 6,749,493
1988 2,948,891 6,968,071
1989 2,970,039 7,184,706
1990 2,977,912 7,375,307
1991 2,981,566 7,526,966
1992 2,980,965 7,683,266
1993 2,975,966 7,981,132
1994 2,966,745 6,792,352
1995 2,953,200 5,674,118
1996 2,947,293 6,708,764
1997 2,936,413 7,755,238
1998 2,935,227 8,081,681
1999 2,930,622 8,147,912
2000 2,924,668 8,213,931
2001 2,918,135 8,287,094
2002 2,911,385 8,400,180
2003 2,903,198 8,586,875
2004 2,896,023 8,816,844
2005 2,888,985 9,054,528
2006 2,880,967 9,299,246
2007 2,874,299 9,549,933
2008 2,868,833 9,804,269
2009 2,865,213 10,060,432
2010 2,862,354 10,317,553
2011 2,860,699 10,573,733
2012 2,860,324 10,829,901
2013 2,859,558 11,093,340
2014 2,857,815 11,364,757
2015 2,835,978 11,640,022
2016 2,803,186 11,919,183
2017 2,755,189 12,202,060
2018 2,707,203 12,487,996
2019 2,664,224 12,776,103
2020 2,635,130 13,065,837
2021 2,595,809 13,355,260
2022 2,528,654 13,651,030
2023 2,457,783 13,954,471
2024 2,389,275 14,256,567

Fertility rates in Moldova and Rwanda

Fertility rate
Moldova

Rwanda
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Rwanda
1960 3.32 8.28
1961 3.23 8.28
1962 3.04 8.27
1963 2.89 8.27
1964 2.71 8.27
1965 2.69 8.25
1966 2.65 8.23
1967 2.62 8.21
1968 2.59 8.19
1969 2.57 8.18
1970 2.57 8.15
1971 2.56 8.09
1972 2.56 8.09
1973 2.57 8.09
1974 2.56 8.1
1975 2.52 8.1
1976 2.47 8.12
1977 2.42 8.14
1978 2.39 8.16
1979 2.38 8.13
1980 2.38 8.12
1981 2.4 8.1
1982 2.45 8.06
1983 2.58 8
1984 2.67 7.91
1985 2.67 7.79
1986 2.74 7.61
1987 2.78 7.43
1988 2.63 7.23
1989 2.46 7.03
1990 2.39 6.8
1991 2.28 6.62
1992 2.22 6.54
1993 2.11 6.48
1994 1.99 6.42
1995 1.83 6.35
1996 1.71 6.29
1997 1.79 6.24
1998 1.65 6.17
1999 1.56 6.06
2000 1.5 5.97
2001 1.47 5.89
2002 1.45 5.82
2003 1.48 5.74
2004 1.54 5.64
2005 1.53 5.5
2006 1.54 5.34
2007 1.58 5.14
2008 1.64 4.92
2009 1.72 4.71
2010 1.7 4.52
2011 1.65 4.33
2012 1.66 4.2
2013 1.62 4.14
2014 1.82 4.12
2015 1.87 4.11
2016 1.89 4.11
2017 1.81 4.08
2018 1.81 4.05
2019 1.78 3.99
2020 1.77 3.91
2021 1.75 3.84
2022 1.69 3.78
2023 1.73 3.7

Moldova and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Rwanda
Year Median age, years
Moldova Rwanda
1960 24.6 15.5
1961 24.7 15.1
1962 24.9 14.9
1963 25.1 14.8
1964 25.4 14.7
1965 25.7 14.8
1966 25.9 14.9
1967 26.1 15.1
1968 26.3 15.3
1969 26.4 15.5
1970 26.4 15.7
1971 26.3 15.9
1972 26.3 16
1973 26.3 16.2
1974 26.5 16.3
1975 26.7 16.4
1976 26.9 16.5
1977 27.2 16.6
1978 27.5 16.6
1979 27.6 16.5
1980 27.6 16.5
1981 27.9 16.4
1982 28.1 16.2
1983 28.3 16.1
1984 28.5 16
1985 28.7 15.8
1986 28.9 15.7
1987 29.1 15.6
1988 29.3 15.6
1989 29.5 15.5
1990 29.8 15.5
1991 30.2 15.5
1992 30.4 15.6
1993 30.6 15.7
1994 30.8 15
1995 31 14.3
1996 31.2 14.6
1997 31.3 14.8
1998 31.5 15.3
1999 31.8 15.8
2000 32 16.3
2001 32.2 16.8
2002 32.4 17.1
2003 32.6 17.4
2004 32.8 17.6
2005 33 17.8
2006 33.3 18
2007 33.6 18.1
2008 33.9 18.3
2009 34.3 18.4
2010 34.6 18.5
2011 34.9 18.7
2012 35.1 18.8
2013 35.4 19
2014 35.7 19.1
2015 36.1 19.3
2016 36.5 19.4
2017 36.8 19.6
2018 37.2 19.7
2019 37.6 19.8
2020 38 19.9
2021 38.3 20
2022 38.6 20.3
2023 38.8 20.5
2024 39.1 20.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Rwanda
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$14.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
27.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
4.69%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
1.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
35,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-6.29%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
47.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
21%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
54.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
33.4%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
3.1%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
5
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.75B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$2.41B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$537M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
1,634,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
11%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
50%
2017

Energy

Moldova Rwanda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
373 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$8.31
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
1.65 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
0.12 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
79.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
0.97%
2022
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
10.6%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
68.1 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
61%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
50.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
63.9%
2023

Society

Moldova Rwanda
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.18%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-15,582
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
18.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
33.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
57
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
9
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
3.59
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
73
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
78.8%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
15%
2023
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
34.2%
2023

Health

Moldova Rwanda
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$76.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$7.39
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
68.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
42.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
0.12
2019
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
23 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
229
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
40
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
4.99%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
2.1%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
6
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
14.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
2.87 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Rwanda
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
668 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
7,271 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
1,077 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
2,920 mi
2021

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