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Moldova vs Ukraine statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 37.9M in Ukraine (ranked 41/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 223,708 sq mi for Ukraine (ranked 135th vs. 46th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and Ukraine ranks 57/197 ($191B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while Ukraine ranks 118/197 ($5,038).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova Ukraine
Population
2358679
39426577
Population rank 145/197 40/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$191B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 57/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$5,038
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 118/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$18,550
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$171B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
110%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$4,526
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 85/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$5,178
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
223,708 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
169.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
0.98
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
43.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Moldova and Ukraine: Comparison Charts

Moldova and Ukraine economies compared

GDP
Moldova

Ukraine
Year GDP
Moldova Ukraine
1987 - $64,087,694,038
1988 - $74,703,517,903
1989 - $82,709,161,099
1990 $3,592,857,043 $81,393,558,423
1991 $3,094,565,871 $77,350,733,982
1992 $2,319,243,436 $73,945,908,384
1993 $2,371,813,324 $65,648,559,903
1994 $1,702,314,268 $52,549,580,265
1995 $1,752,999,370 $48,213,856,469
1996 $1,695,122,174 $44,558,831,005
1997 $1,930,081,169 $50,151,531,592
1998 $1,698,717,505 $41,882,523,345
1999 $1,170,782,957 $31,580,639,554
2000 $1,288,429,392 $32,375,083,935
2001 $1,480,673,594 $39,309,580,983
2002 $1,661,818,168 $43,956,163,612
2003 $1,980,907,435 $52,010,355,753
2004 $2,598,249,556 $67,220,154,164
2005 $2,988,342,907 $89,238,865,119
2006 $3,408,255,451 $111,884,752,475
2007 $4,401,173,152 $148,733,861,386
2008 $6,054,824,248 $188,110,390,660
2009 $5,439,434,272 $121,552,153,444
2010 $6,974,982,370 $141,209,170,427
2011 $8,414,352,020 $169,333,835,202
2012 $8,709,138,635 $182,591,753,828
2013 $9,496,717,876 $190,498,811,460
2014 $9,402,090,138 $133,503,871,862
2015 $7,797,667,197 $91,030,967,789
2016 $7,980,917,076 $93,355,869,404
2017 $9,514,404,016 $112,090,505,082
2018 $11,252,353,421 $130,891,088,294
2019 $11,736,797,055 $153,883,047,510
2020 $11,530,746,234 $156,617,722,013
2021 $13,691,869,264 $199,765,859,571
2022 $14,525,337,524 $161,989,520,721
2023 $16,711,906,746 $181,221,517,869
2024 $18,200,340,854 $190,741,263,732

Moldova and Ukraine economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

Ukraine
Year GDP per capita
Moldova Ukraine
1987 - $1,244
1988 - $1,444
1989 - $1,593
1990 $1,207 $1,564
1991 $1,038 $1,483
1992 $778 $1,413
1993 $797 $1,254
1994 $574 $1,009
1995 $594 $933
1996 $575 $870
1997 $657 $987
1998 $579 $831
1999 $399 $632
2000 $441 $653
2001 $507 $800
2002 $571 $903
2003 $682 $1,076
2004 $897 $1,401
2005 $1,034 $1,875
2006 $1,183 $2,366
2007 $1,531 $3,160
2008 $2,111 $4,018
2009 $1,898 $2,607
2010 $2,437 $3,040
2011 $2,941 $3,657
2012 $3,045 $3,951
2013 $3,321 $4,130
2014 $3,290 $2,904
2015 $2,750 $1,988
2016 $2,847 $2,047
2017 $3,453 $2,467
2018 $4,156 $2,895
2019 $4,405 $3,423
2020 $4,376 $3,505
2021 $5,275 $4,510
2022 $5,744 $3,946
2023 $6,800 $4,803
2024 $7,618 $5,038

Moldova vs. Ukraine life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

Ukraine
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova Ukraine
1950 54 61.2
1951 54.5 61.4
1952 55.1 62.1
1953 55.7 63
1954 56.3 64.1
1955 56.9 65.3
1956 57.4 66.3
1957 58 67.2
1958 58.5 67.7
1959 59 68.7
1960 59.4 69.4
1961 59.9 70
1962 60.3 70.4
1963 60.6 70.7
1964 61 71
1965 61.3 71.1
1966 61.6 71.2
1967 61.8 71.1
1968 62 71
1969 62.2 70.8
1970 62.4 70.8
1971 62.7 70.9
1972 62.9 71
1973 63.2 70.8
1974 63.4 70.6
1975 63.7 70.4
1976 64 70.1
1977 64.2 70
1978 64.5 69.8
1979 64.8 69.8
1980 65.2 69.8
1981 65.6 69.8
1982 65.9 69.9
1983 66.1 69.9
1984 66.4 70
1985 66.9 70.4
1986 67.4 70.8
1987 67.9 71.2
1988 68.2 71
1989 68.2 70.8
1990 67.9 70.4
1991 67.6 69.7
1992 66.7 68.9
1993 66.7 68.3
1994 66.3 67.5
1995 66.2 67.1
1996 66.2 67.1
1997 66.5 67.7
1998 66.8 68
1999 67.2 68
2000 67.5 67.8
2001 67.7 67.7
2002 67.8 67.7
2003 67.9 67.6
2004 68 67.5
2005 68.2 67.5
2006 68.4 67.5
2007 68.7 67.7
2008 69 68.3
2009 69.4 69.2
2010 69.9 70.2
2011 70.2 70.7
2012 70.3 71.1
2013 70.3 71.5
2014 70.2 71.8
2015 70.1 72.7
2016 70.2 73.4
2017 70.4 74
2018 70.2 73.6
2019 70.2 73.9
2020 69.9 73.3
2021 69 71.6
2022 71.5 72.7
2023 71.2 73.4
2024 71.3 74.7
2025 71.5 74.9

Moldova and Ukraine population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

Ukraine
Year Population
Moldova Ukraine
1960 2,058,020 42,824,093
1961 2,103,327 43,399,766
1962 2,147,227 43,943,674
1963 2,188,895 44,462,372
1964 2,228,000 44,951,156
1965 2,265,287 45,386,892
1966 2,301,871 45,802,519
1967 2,337,695 46,215,988
1968 2,373,073 46,614,325
1969 2,408,469 46,976,256
1970 2,437,590 47,261,306
1971 2,460,611 47,573,287
1972 2,484,742 47,946,893
1973 2,510,584 48,277,121
1974 2,538,164 48,576,570
1975 2,566,998 48,865,229
1976 2,596,491 49,120,842
1977 2,626,298 49,336,481
1978 2,656,211 49,521,243
1979 2,683,035 49,721,381
1980 2,708,675 49,955,152
1981 2,735,987 50,189,281
1982 2,763,101 50,402,724
1983 2,791,207 50,637,029
1984 2,820,518 50,887,599
1985 2,850,787 51,108,770
1986 2,883,057 51,318,745
1987 2,916,306 51,515,732
1988 2,948,891 51,724,853
1989 2,970,039 51,917,817
1990 2,977,912 52,054,092
1991 2,981,566 52,170,961
1992 2,980,965 52,323,671
1993 2,975,966 52,350,126
1994 2,966,745 52,075,998
1995 2,953,200 51,665,539
1996 2,947,293 51,226,109
1997 2,936,413 50,786,885
1998 2,935,227 50,379,731
1999 2,930,622 49,976,446
2000 2,924,668 49,556,660
2001 2,918,135 49,106,855
2002 2,911,385 48,677,281
2003 2,903,198 48,315,136
2004 2,896,023 47,979,507
2005 2,888,985 47,585,556
2006 2,880,967 47,278,694
2007 2,874,299 47,062,798
2008 2,868,833 46,819,175
2009 2,865,213 46,623,731
2010 2,862,354 46,456,003
2011 2,860,699 46,307,853
2012 2,860,324 46,210,056
2013 2,859,558 46,126,770
2014 2,857,815 45,972,380
2015 2,835,978 45,784,896
2016 2,803,186 45,616,832
2017 2,755,189 45,436,041
2018 2,707,203 45,208,907
2019 2,664,224 44,957,458
2020 2,635,130 44,680,014
2021 2,595,809 44,298,640
2022 2,528,654 41,048,766
2023 2,457,783 37,732,836
2024 2,389,275 37,860,221

Fertility rates in Moldova and Ukraine

Fertility rate
Moldova

Ukraine
Year Fertility rate
Moldova Ukraine
1960 3.32 2.29
1961 3.23 2.2
1962 3.04 2.15
1963 2.89 2.11
1964 2.71 2.01
1965 2.69 1.94
1966 2.65 2.04
1967 2.62 2.04
1968 2.59 2.03
1969 2.57 2.01
1970 2.57 2.08
1971 2.56 2.11
1972 2.56 2.13
1973 2.57 2.04
1974 2.56 2.06
1975 2.52 2.05
1976 2.47 2.04
1977 2.42 1.98
1978 2.39 1.97
1979 2.38 1.96
1980 2.38 1.95
1981 2.4 1.92
1982 2.45 1.95
1983 2.58 2.1
1984 2.67 2.08
1985 2.67 2.03
1986 2.74 2.12
1987 2.78 2.07
1988 2.63 2.04
1989 2.46 1.93
1990 2.39 1.85
1991 2.28 1.77
1992 2.22 1.67
1993 2.11 1.56
1994 1.99 1.47
1995 1.83 1.4
1996 1.71 1.33
1997 1.79 1.27
1998 1.65 1.21
1999 1.56 1.13
2000 1.5 1.11
2001 1.47 1.09
2002 1.45 1.13
2003 1.48 1.17
2004 1.54 1.22
2005 1.53 1.22
2006 1.54 1.3
2007 1.58 1.34
2008 1.64 1.44
2009 1.72 1.47
2010 1.7 1.44
2011 1.65 1.46
2012 1.66 1.53
2013 1.62 1.52
2014 1.82 1.47
2015 1.87 1.39
2016 1.89 1.39
2017 1.81 1.3
2018 1.81 1.23
2019 1.78 1.22
2020 1.77 1.21
2021 1.75 1.15
2022 1.69 0.9
2023 1.73 0.98

Moldova and Ukraine demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

Ukraine
Year Median age, years
Moldova Ukraine
1960 24.6 29.2
1961 24.7 29.6
1962 24.9 29.7
1963 25.1 29.8
1964 25.4 29.9
1965 25.7 30.1
1966 25.9 30.6
1967 26.1 31.2
1968 26.3 31.6
1969 26.4 32
1970 26.4 32.3
1971 26.3 32.5
1972 26.3 32.8
1973 26.3 33.1
1974 26.5 33.4
1975 26.7 33.7
1976 26.9 34
1977 27.2 34.2
1978 27.5 34.2
1979 27.6 34
1980 27.6 33.8
1981 27.9 33.7
1982 28.1 33.7
1983 28.3 33.6
1984 28.5 33.6
1985 28.7 33.8
1986 28.9 33.9
1987 29.1 34.1
1988 29.3 34.1
1989 29.5 34.1
1990 29.8 34.3
1991 30.2 34.5
1992 30.4 34.7
1993 30.6 34.9
1994 30.8 35.2
1995 31 35.5
1996 31.2 35.8
1997 31.3 36.2
1998 31.5 36.5
1999 31.8 36.9
2000 32 37.2
2001 32.2 37.6
2002 32.4 37.9
2003 32.6 38.2
2004 32.8 38.4
2005 33 38.7
2006 33.3 38.9
2007 33.6 39.1
2008 33.9 39.2
2009 34.3 39.3
2010 34.6 39.5
2011 34.9 39.7
2012 35.1 39.8
2013 35.4 39.8
2014 35.7 40
2015 36.1 40.2
2016 36.5 40.6
2017 36.8 40.9
2018 37.2 41.2
2019 37.6 41.5
2020 38 41.9
2021 38.3 42.2
2022 38.6 42.5
2023 38.8 43.1
2024 39.1 43.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova Ukraine
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$185B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
58%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
5.93%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
36.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
298,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-18.8%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
9.83%
2021
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
60.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
19%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
54.1
2022
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
21.7%
2020
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
4.3%
2020
Number of billionaires n/a
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
78
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$4.42B
2018
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$43.8B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$11.9B
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
3,382,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
1.13%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
87.6%
2024

Energy

Moldova Ukraine
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
1,508 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$10.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
136.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
3.61 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
65.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
8.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
26.4%
2023
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
23.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
2,516 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
12%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
11.7%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
49.4%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Moldova Ukraine
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.46%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
+1,146,012
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
70.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
49.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
35
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
64
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
3.84
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
10.2
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
147
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
100%
2021
English speaking
2%
2025
51%
2023
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
82.4%
2023

Health

Moldova Ukraine
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$370
2021
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$167.5
2021
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
0.68%
2019
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
2.99
2014
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
26.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
24.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
6%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
73
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
24.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
9.24 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova Ukraine
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.39%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
5,909 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
159,503 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
37,483 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
105,443 mi
2012

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