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Moldova vs Samoa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 135th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Samoa
Population
2358679
220288
Population rank 145/197 177/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$1.07B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 187/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$4,899
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 120/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$7,837
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$296M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
22.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$1,357
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 134/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$3,507
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
1,073 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
203.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
3.83
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
20.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
71.9 years
2025

Moldova and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Samoa economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Samoa
Year GDP
Moldova Samoa
1970 - $45,208,338
1971 - $53,719,569
1972 - $62,566,116
1973 - $82,452,985
1974 - $93,549,611
1975 - $93,489,283
1976 - $85,003,078
1977 - $98,295,671
1978 - $108,223,444
1979 - $122,257,393
1980 - $125,747,038
1981 - $118,190,655
1982 - $121,221,652
1983 - $111,862,824
1984 - $109,200,934
1985 - $95,572,173
1986 - $100,947,849
1987 - $111,713,922
1988 - $133,016,065
1989 - $122,888,610
1990 $3,592,857,043 $125,766,270
1991 $3,094,565,871 $125,597,205
1992 $2,319,243,436 $132,303,041
1993 $2,371,813,324 $133,122,897
1994 $1,702,314,268 $221,098,107
1995 $1,752,999,370 $224,865,731
1996 $1,695,122,174 $249,907,869
1997 $1,930,081,169 $285,475,592
1998 $1,698,717,505 $269,485,244
1999 $1,170,782,957 $255,408,060
2000 $1,288,429,392 $258,856,140
2001 $1,480,673,594 $266,299,591
2002 $1,661,818,168 $281,790,134
2003 $1,980,907,435 $333,426,188
2004 $2,598,249,556 $407,747,565
2005 $2,988,342,907 $476,801,793
2006 $3,408,255,451 $499,923,758
2007 $4,401,173,152 $573,548,460
2008 $6,054,824,248 $641,346,192
2009 $5,439,434,272 $628,006,115
2010 $6,974,982,370 $680,260,907
2011 $8,414,352,020 $744,097,050
2012 $8,709,138,635 $773,141,661
2013 $9,496,717,876 $797,736,334
2014 $9,402,090,138 $796,683,520
2015 $7,797,667,197 $824,150,499
2016 $7,980,917,076 $843,924,797
2017 $9,514,404,016 $884,844,384
2018 $11,252,353,421 $878,448,433
2019 $11,736,797,055 $912,950,466
2020 $11,530,746,234 $868,898,358
2021 $13,691,869,264 $843,923,639
2022 $14,525,337,524 $832,945,206
2023 $16,711,906,746 $938,189,444
2024 $18,200,340,854 $1,068,025,244

Moldova and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Samoa
Year GDP per capita
Moldova Samoa
1970 - $322
1971 - $377
1972 - $433
1973 - $563
1974 - $626
1975 - $610
1976 - $541
1977 - $615
1978 - $671
1979 - $751
1980 - $765
1981 - $713
1982 - $728
1983 - $671
1984 - $655
1985 - $573
1986 - $604
1987 - $666
1988 - $790
1989 - $728
1990 $1,207 $744
1991 $1,038 $742
1992 $778 $777
1993 $797 $775
1994 $574 $1,277
1995 $594 $1,288
1996 $575 $1,419
1997 $657 $1,608
1998 $579 $1,506
1999 $399 $1,417
2000 $441 $1,425
2001 $507 $1,454
2002 $571 $1,528
2003 $682 $1,798
2004 $897 $2,189
2005 $1,034 $2,550
2006 $1,183 $2,663
2007 $1,531 $3,039
2008 $2,111 $3,374
2009 $1,898 $3,279
2010 $2,437 $3,524
2011 $2,941 $3,822
2012 $3,045 $3,935
2013 $3,321 $4,024
2014 $3,290 $3,983
2015 $2,750 $4,084
2016 $2,847 $4,147
2017 $3,453 $4,308
2018 $4,156 $4,232
2019 $4,405 $4,352
2020 $4,376 $4,100
2021 $5,275 $3,948
2022 $5,744 $3,869
2023 $6,800 $4,330
2024 $7,618 $4,899

Moldova vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Samoa
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Samoa
1950 54 49.2
1951 54.5 49.8
1952 55.1 50.4
1953 55.7 51
1954 56.3 51.6
1955 56.9 52.2
1956 57.4 52.8
1957 58 53.4
1958 58.5 54
1959 59 54.6
1960 59.4 55.2
1961 59.9 55.7
1962 60.3 56.3
1963 60.6 56.9
1964 61 54
1965 61.3 57.9
1966 61.6 58.2
1967 61.8 58.9
1968 62 59.4
1969 62.2 59.9
1970 62.4 60.4
1971 62.7 60.9
1972 62.9 61.4
1973 63.2 61.9
1974 63.4 62.3
1975 63.7 62.8
1976 64 63.3
1977 64.2 63.7
1978 64.5 64.1
1979 64.8 64.5
1980 65.2 65
1981 65.6 65.3
1982 65.9 65.6
1983 66.1 66
1984 66.4 66.3
1985 66.9 66.6
1986 67.4 66.8
1987 67.9 67
1988 68.2 67.3
1989 68.2 67.6
1990 67.9 67.8
1991 67.6 68
1992 66.7 68.5
1993 66.7 68.8
1994 66.3 69.2
1995 66.2 69.5
1996 66.2 69.8
1997 66.5 70
1998 66.8 70.3
1999 67.2 70.6
2000 67.5 70.8
2001 67.7 71
2002 67.8 71.2
2003 67.9 71.4
2004 68 71.5
2005 68.2 71.5
2006 68.4 71.6
2007 68.7 71.6
2008 69 71.5
2009 69.4 69.5
2010 69.9 71.5
2011 70.2 71.4
2012 70.3 71.2
2013 70.3 71.2
2014 70.2 71.1
2015 70.1 71.1
2016 70.2 71
2017 70.4 71
2018 70.2 71.1
2019 70.2 70.3
2020 69.9 70.7
2021 69 71.1
2022 71.5 71.6
2023 71.2 71.7
2024 71.3 71.8
2025 71.5 71.9

Moldova and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Samoa
Year Population
Moldova Samoa
1960 2,058,020 112,490
1961 2,103,327 115,496
1962 2,147,227 118,597
1963 2,188,895 121,764
1964 2,228,000 124,894
1965 2,265,287 127,978
1966 2,301,871 131,073
1967 2,337,695 133,764
1968 2,373,073 136,020
1969 2,408,469 138,233
1970 2,437,590 140,400
1971 2,460,611 142,503
1972 2,484,742 144,538
1973 2,510,584 146,516
1974 2,538,164 149,431
1975 2,566,998 153,344
1976 2,596,491 157,113
1977 2,626,298 159,753
1978 2,656,211 161,375
1979 2,683,035 162,882
1980 2,708,675 164,322
1981 2,735,987 165,678
1982 2,763,101 166,484
1983 2,791,207 166,714
1984 2,820,518 166,796
1985 2,850,787 166,849
1986 2,883,057 167,061
1987 2,916,306 167,661
1988 2,948,891 168,346
1989 2,970,039 168,768
1990 2,977,912 169,042
1991 2,981,566 169,368
1992 2,980,965 170,331
1993 2,975,966 171,774
1994 2,966,745 173,159
1995 2,953,200 174,571
1996 2,947,293 176,071
1997 2,936,413 177,547
1998 2,935,227 178,905
1999 2,930,622 180,275
2000 2,924,668 181,685
2001 2,918,135 183,166
2002 2,911,385 184,471
2003 2,903,198 185,430
2004 2,896,023 186,249
2005 2,888,985 186,978
2006 2,880,967 187,709
2007 2,874,299 188,753
2008 2,868,833 190,107
2009 2,865,213 191,513
2010 2,862,354 193,023
2011 2,860,699 194,713
2012 2,860,324 196,498
2013 2,859,558 198,268
2014 2,857,815 200,037
2015 2,835,978 201,782
2016 2,803,186 203,499
2017 2,755,189 205,415
2018 2,707,203 207,582
2019 2,664,224 209,780
2020 2,635,130 211,944
2021 2,595,809 213,779
2022 2,528,654 215,261
2023 2,457,783 216,663
2024 2,389,275 218,019

Fertility rates in Moldova and Samoa

Fertility rate
Moldova

Samoa
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Samoa
1960 3.32 7.78
1961 3.23 7.77
1962 3.04 7.76
1963 2.89 7.73
1964 2.71 7.7
1965 2.69 7.65
1966 2.65 7.6
1967 2.62 7.55
1968 2.59 7.5
1969 2.57 7.43
1970 2.57 7.34
1971 2.56 7.22
1972 2.56 7.07
1973 2.57 6.91
1974 2.56 6.75
1975 2.52 6.61
1976 2.47 6.47
1977 2.42 6.31
1978 2.39 6.15
1979 2.38 5.99
1980 2.38 5.86
1981 2.4 5.75
1982 2.45 5.68
1983 2.58 5.62
1984 2.67 5.55
1985 2.67 5.49
1986 2.74 5.42
1987 2.78 5.32
1988 2.63 5.21
1989 2.46 5.11
1990 2.39 5.01
1991 2.28 4.91
1992 2.22 4.87
1993 2.11 4.83
1994 1.99 4.79
1995 1.83 4.77
1996 1.71 4.74
1997 1.79 4.7
1998 1.65 4.64
1999 1.56 4.57
2000 1.5 4.52
2001 1.47 4.48
2002 1.45 4.44
2003 1.48 4.39
2004 1.54 4.34
2005 1.53 4.32
2006 1.54 4.32
2007 1.58 4.36
2008 1.64 4.42
2009 1.72 4.47
2010 1.7 4.52
2011 1.65 4.56
2012 1.66 4.55
2013 1.62 4.49
2014 1.82 4.42
2015 1.87 4.34
2016 1.89 4.26
2017 1.81 4.2
2018 1.81 4.14
2019 1.78 4.06
2020 1.77 4
2021 1.75 3.94
2022 1.69 3.88
2023 1.73 3.83

Moldova and Samoa demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Samoa
Year Median age, years
Moldova Samoa
1960 24.6 15
1961 24.7 14.9
1962 24.9 14.8
1963 25.1 14.6
1964 25.4 14.6
1965 25.7 14.5
1966 25.9 14.5
1967 26.1 14.5
1968 26.3 14.5
1969 26.4 14.5
1970 26.4 14.6
1971 26.3 14.7
1972 26.3 14.8
1973 26.3 14.9
1974 26.5 15
1975 26.7 15.3
1976 26.9 15.5
1977 27.2 15.8
1978 27.5 16
1979 27.6 16.2
1980 27.6 16.4
1981 27.9 16.6
1982 28.1 16.8
1983 28.3 17.1
1984 28.5 17.4
1985 28.7 17.6
1986 28.9 17.8
1987 29.1 18
1988 29.3 18.2
1989 29.5 18.3
1990 29.8 18.4
1991 30.2 18.5
1992 30.4 18.7
1993 30.6 19
1994 30.8 19.3
1995 31 19.6
1996 31.2 19.7
1997 31.3 19.8
1998 31.5 19.9
1999 31.8 19.9
2000 32 19.8
2001 32.2 19.7
2002 32.4 19.7
2003 32.6 19.9
2004 32.8 20.1
2005 33 20.3
2006 33.3 20.4
2007 33.6 20.6
2008 33.9 20.7
2009 34.3 20.8
2010 34.6 20.8
2011 34.9 20.8
2012 35.1 20.8
2013 35.4 21
2014 35.7 21.1
2015 36.1 21.2
2016 36.5 21.3
2017 36.8 21.4
2018 37.2 21.4
2019 37.6 21.5
2020 38 21.4
2021 38.3 21.4
2022 38.6 21.1
2023 38.8 21
2024 39.1 20.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Samoa
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$1.01B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
33.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
5.46%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-0.11%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
5.05%
2022
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
72.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
10.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
66.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
31.3%
2013
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
2.7%
2013
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$508M
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$282M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
23,899
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
19.8%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Moldova Samoa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
307 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$15.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
0.47 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
2.16 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
35.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
49.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
28.8%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Moldova Samoa
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-2,754
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
17.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
44.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
38
2025
15
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
6.2
2018
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
13
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
131
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
99.1%
2021
English speaking
2%
2025
49.9%
2023
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
58.1%
2023

Health

Moldova Samoa
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$236.2
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$29.5
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
71.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
7.14%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
0.55
2021
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
23.6 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
101
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
15.7
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
63.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
25.4%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
92
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
2.35 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Samoa
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.002%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
4,923 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
188.5 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
619 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
715 mi
2018

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