Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Moldova
Moldova: Tax revenue (% of GDP) was 18.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Moldova, 1996–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 18.8% for tax revenue in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Moldova peaked at 20.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 1996.
Moldova ranks 59th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12.1% | — |
| 1997 | 18.3% | +51.2% |
| 1998 | 18.1% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 14.7% | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | -17.3% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 14.7% | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 18.5% | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 19.6% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 20.4% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 15.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 15.6% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 16.8% | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 16.3% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 16.4% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 18.0% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 17.9% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 18.9% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 18.8% | +1.1% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 18.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.0%, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 18.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.8%, 90% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue (% of GDP) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +51.2% | 12.1% | 18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.9% | 12.1% | 18.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 12.2% | 20.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 15.2% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 17.9% | 18.9% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Moldova?
- Tax revenue in Moldova was 18.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 1996.
- How does Moldova rank for tax revenue?
- Moldova ranks 59th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.