Moldova's debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) was US$1.14 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 96.53% from US$579.44 million in 2014 (6.99% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.14 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$631.34 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$579.44 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$1.33 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$2 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2015 | US$710.7 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$5 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Moldova's debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) fell 14.3% on 2023 (from US$1.33 billion to US$1.14 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +47.7% and a typical year strayed about 129.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 590% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 60% in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$87.2 million a year. A straight line explains 77% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Moldova had the 64th highest value of the 120 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Moldova | US$1.14 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$967.38 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Moldova in the 2024 ranking
- Ethiopia — 61st of 120: US$1.36 billion
- Montenegro — 62nd of 120: US$1.24 billion
- Benin — 63rd of 120: US$1.14 billion
- Gabon — 65th of 120: US$1.12 billion
- Congo, Rep. — 66th of 120: US$1.09 billion
- Turkmenistan — 67th of 120: US$974.1 million
What this measures
Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 33 values
| Year | Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,138,740,241 |
| 2023 | 1,328,738,406 |
| 2022 | 695,585,658 |
| 2021 | 703,837,271 |
| 2020 | 714,685,107 |
| 2019 | 631,344,667 |
| 2018 | 586,686,785 |
| 2017 | 455,876,052 |
| 2016 | 433,871,022 |
| 2015 | 417,622,107 |
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$871.91 million (2024)
- Armenia — US$1.82 billion (2024)
- Azerbaijan — US$4.18 billion (2024)
- Belarus — US$5.34 billion (2024)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$1.46 billion (2024)
- Bulgaria — US$7.32 billion (2024)
- Georgia — US$4.81 billion (2024)
- Kazakhstan — US$46.33 billion (2024)
- Kosovo — US$376.95 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Moldova
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5.54% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$1.19 million (2021)
- GDP (current US$) — US$20.35 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 353.52 billion (2025)
- GDP, linked series (current LCU) — 353.52 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$9.49 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 178.51 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (current international $) — 47.2 billion (2025)
- GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 40.33 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Moldova's debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)?
- US$1.14 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is up 22,675% from US$5 million in 1992 (18.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.33 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$2 million in 1993.
- How does Moldova rank?
- 64th highest of 120 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) unusual for Moldova?
- In 2024, Moldova's debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) fell 14.3% on 2023 (from US$1.33 billion to US$1.14 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +47.7% and a typical year strayed about 129.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DECT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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