Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova
Moldova: Monthly minimum wage, per capita was 0.0023 units per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova, 1999–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.0023 units per person for monthly minimum wage, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.9% on the previous year and up 560.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova peaked at 0.0023 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 1999.
That places Moldova 62nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0 units per person | — |
| 2000 | 0 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0 units per person | +456.8% |
| 2002 | 0 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 units per person | +100.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 units per person | +100.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 units per person | +50.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 units per person | +68.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 units per person | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0016 units per person | +311.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0021 units per person | +27.9% |
| 2025 | 0.0023 units per person | +11.9% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.0023 units per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0017 units per person, 1.4× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.0023 units per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0003 units per person, 7.7× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +456.8% | 0 units per person | 0 units per person |
| 2023 | +311.5% | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0016 units per person |
| 2005 | +100.5% | 0 units per person | 0.0001 units per person |
| 2007 | +100.5% | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person |
| 2015 | +68.0% | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0004 units per person |
| 2009 | +50.2% | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0002 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0023 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0026 units per person compare
- 60 Belize 0.0025 units per person compare
- 61 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0023 units per person compare
- 63 Myanmar 0.0023 units per person compare
- 64 Tanzania 0.0022 units per person compare
- 65 Solomon Islands 0.002 units per person compare
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 monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova?
- Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Moldova was 0.0023 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest monthly minimum wage, per capita recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0023 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest monthly minimum wage, per capita recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 1999.
- How does Moldova rank for monthly minimum wage, per capita?
- Moldova ranks 62nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is monthly minimum wage, per capita rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 560.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Monthly minimum wage, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Monthly minimum wage divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Monthly minimum wage ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Monthly minimum wage International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Monthly minimum wage divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.