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Government debt in Moldova

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Moldova's government debt is 36.60 % — #32 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

36.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Moldova over time

159.40 %90.80 %22.20 %159.40 % · 199822.20 % · 20081995: 79.50 %1996: 87.50 %1997: 89.00 %1998: 159.40 %1999: 150.70 %2000: 89.10 %2001: 85.40 %2002: 80.30 %2003: 68.10 %2004: 49.30 %2005: 40.40 %2006: 35.00 %2007: 28.30 %2008: 22.20 %2009: 32.60 %2010: 25.50 %2011: 24.20 %2012: 31.30 %2013: 30.00 %2014: 35.40 %2015: 42.10 %2016: 39.70 %2017: 34.90 %2018: 31.80 %2019: 28.80 %2020: 36.60 %2021: 33.60 %2022: 35.00 %2023: 34.90 %2024: 38.80 %2025: 36.60 %19952010202536.60 %
31 official observations, 1995 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#32 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
74 %
92 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
122.80 pp
peak 159.40 % in 1998
Full series
▼ 42.90 pp
since 1995

In Europe: #11 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −17.95 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Moldova: ahead of 74 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtMoldova 36.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Moldova is ahead of 74 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Moldova
30 Nigeria35.50 %−1.10 pp
31 Kyrgyzstan36.00 %−0.60 pp
32 Moldova36.60 %—
33 Iran37.30 %+0.70 pp
34 Botswana38.60 %+2.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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