Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment) in Moldova
Moldova: Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment) was 62.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Informal employment in Moldova, 2014–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total agricultural employment.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 62.0% for informal employment in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in Moldova peaked at 68.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 62.0%, in 2025.
That places Moldova 14th out of 44 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of total agricultural employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 64.8% | — |
| 2015 | 68.9% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 67.3% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 66.1% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 65.8% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 63.9% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 65.2% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 64.6% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 63.1% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 66.0% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 64.3% | -2.6% |
| 2025 | 62.0% | -3.5% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 62.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.0%, 65% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 62.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.7%, 3.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 66.1% | 63.9% | 68.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 64.2% | 62.0% | 66.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More work & labour data for Moldova
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 654.38 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 72.49 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,725 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.5 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.726 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 24,890 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,854 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 71.4 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) -0.868 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.4043 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in Moldova?
- Informal employment in Moldova was 62.0% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 68.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.0% in 2025.
- How does Moldova rank for informal employment?
- Moldova ranks 14th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).