Moldova
Republic of Moldova
- Region
- Europe · Eastern Europe
- Capital
- Chișinău
- Population
- 2,360,527 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Moldovan leu (MDL)
- Official languages
- Moldavian
- Spoken languages
- Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% Moldovan; 23.5% Romanian), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 33,846 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- EAEU (observer), IMF, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Romania , Ukraine
Political stability
60 / 100
Economic stability
43 / 100
Population stability
5 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- insulated wire, garments, refined petroleum, seed oils, wheat (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, natural gas, cars, packaged medicine, plastic products (2023)
- Natural resources
- lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, limestone, arable land
- Primary route
- Baltic and Black Sea gateways to ocean services
- Secondary route
- Overland EU road and rail corridors
The xin.bz view
- Moldova is becoming a strategic transit state: the Ukraine → Moldova → Romania → Constanța corridor under discussion could carry ~4.5M t a year, infrastructure that works for grain outbound today and reconstruction cargo inbound tomorrow.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Arriving With Eastern Europe's Waterways Already Depleted — Just as the World Needs Its Grain Corridors
The Danube at exceptional lows, Ukrainian grain exports at a third of last year's pace, Polish maize stepping up, and $588B of reconstruction demand waiting to reverse the corridors — Eastern Europe's recharge season decides 2027.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.