Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Moldova
Moldova: Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's … total was 0.4783 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Moldova, 2003–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.4783 for capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020.
That represents a change of up 10.0% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Moldova peaked at 0.5965 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.291, in 2015.
Moldova ranks 54th of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.5965 | — |
| 2004 | 0.5367 | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 0.529 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3893 | -26.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5929 | +52.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5962 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5438 | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4764 | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4575 | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4684 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4212 | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3206 | -23.9% |
| 2015 | 0.291 | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5469 | +87.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4646 | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 0.435 | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4349 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4783 | +10.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.4783 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6258, 76% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.4783 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5683, 84% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's … total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +87.9% | 0.291 | 0.5469 |
| 2007 | +52.3% | 0.3893 | 0.5929 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5406 | 0.3893 | 0.5965 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4317 | 0.291 | 0.5469 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4783 | 0.4783 | 0.4783 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Moldova?
- Capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Moldova was 0.4783 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5965 in 2003.
- What is the lowest capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.291 in 2015.
- How does Moldova rank for capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Moldova ranks 54th out of 78 countries with data for 2020.
- Is capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.