Moldova's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) was 104.98% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.69 percentage points from 101.29% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 104.98% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 99.57% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 101.29% | 2015 |
| Highest | 113.89% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 82.89% | 1995 |
| Average since 2016 | 101.69% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 82.89% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Moldova's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 1.54 percentage points on 2024 (from 103.44% to 104.98%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 13.01 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.88 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.45 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% 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 2025, Moldova had the 9th highest value of the 132 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.
Closest to Moldova in the 2025 ranking
- West Bank and Gaza — 5th of 132: 107.66%
- Ukraine — 6th of 132: 105.73%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 7th of 132: 105.55%
- Central African Republic — 9th of 132: 104.91%
- Haiti — 10th of 132: 100.71%
- Namibia — 11th of 132: 100.55%
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
All 31 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.98 |
| 2024 | 103.44 |
| 2023 | 103.68 |
| 2022 | 102.35 |
| 2021 | 100.32 |
| 2020 | 99.57 |
| 2019 | 100.15 |
| 2018 | 99.46 |
| 2017 | 101.62 |
| 2016 | 101.28 |
| 2015 |
Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 82.04% (2025)
- Armenia — 81.3% (2025)
- Austria — 73.75% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 74.9% (2025)
- Belarus — 74.48% (2025)
- Belgium — 76.27% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 89.67% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 79.32% (2025)
- Croatia — 80.46% (2025)
- Cyprus — 75.09% (2025)
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)
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Questions people ask
- What is Moldova's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?
- 104.98% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 22.09 percentage points from 82.89% in 1995. The highest value was 113.89% in 2006 and the lowest 82.89% in 1995.
- How does Moldova rank?
- 9th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Moldova?
- In 2025, Moldova's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 1.54 percentage points on 2024 (from 103.44% to 104.98%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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