Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Moldova
Moldova: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 15.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goods and services expense in Moldova, 1997–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 15.9% for goods and services expense in 2023.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Moldova peaked at 23.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 1999.
That places Moldova 68th out of 154 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9.5% | — |
| 1998 | 8.4% | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 7.5% | -10.5% |
| 2000 | 9.9% | +31.8% |
| 2001 | 10.3% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -21.6% |
| 2004 | 17.6% | +117.0% |
| 2005 | 17.5% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 19.0% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 19.5% | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 23.0% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 20.6% | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 18.5% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 18.2% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | -1.2% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 15.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.2%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 15.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.0%, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goods and services expense (% of expense) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +117.0% | 8.1% | 17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.5% | 7.5% | 9.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 8.1% | 19.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.0% | 17.9% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 15.9% | 18.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 65 Kazakhstan 16.1% compare
- 66 Honduras 16.1% compare
- 67 New Zealand 16.0% compare
- 69 Tanzania 15.8% compare
- 70 El Salvador 15.6% compare
- 71 Kuwait 15.5% compare
More public sector data for Moldova
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 46.09 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0061 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Moldova?
- Goods and services expense in Moldova was 15.9% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 1999.
- How does Moldova rank for goods and services expense?
- Moldova ranks 68th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.