Moldova
| FORECAST* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Economic Indicators | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Population, 1000 persons | 2708 | 2665 | 2620 | . | . | . |
| GDP, real change in % | 4.3 | 3.7 | -7.0 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| GDP per capita (EUR at PPP) | 8590 | 9130 | 8770 | . | . | . |
| Gross industrial production, real change in % | 3.7 | 2.0 | -5.5 | . | . | . |
| Unemployment rate - LFS, in %, average | 3.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Average gross monthly wages, EUR | 316 | 368 | 402 | . | . | . |
| Consumer prices, % p.a. | 2.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Fiscal balance in % of GDP | -0.8 | -1.4 | -8.5 | -6.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 |
| Public debt in % of GDP | 27.2 | 25.1 | 33.1 | . | . | . |
| Current account in % of GDP | -10.6 | -9.3 | -7.5 | -9.6 | -6.9 | -5.6 |
| FDI inflow, EUR m | 248 | 453 | 138 | . | . | . |
| Gross external debt in % of GDP | 66.5 | 62.2 | 65.8 | . | . | . |
Basic data are continuously updated.
* Forecasts are changed beginning of April, July and November.
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Executive summary
Vasily Astrov
in: Recovery Beating Expectations
wiiw Forecast Report No. Autumn 2021, October 2021 , pp. I-VI
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Monthly Report No. 7-8/2021
Vasily Astrov, Alexandra Bykova, Rumen Dobrinsky, Selena Duraković, Richard Grieveson, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Gabor Hunya, Branimir Jovanović, Niko Korpar, Sebastian Leitner, Isilda Mara, Olga Pindyuk, Leon Podkaminer, Sandor Richter, Bernd Christoph Ströhm and Maryna Tverdostup
wiiw Monthly Report No. 7-8, July-August 2021
42 pages including 4 Tables and 15 Figures
The economy will grow by 8% in 2021, against the 7% contraction of the previous year, bringing real GDP back to the pre-crisis level of 2019. The new western-oriented and reform-minded government enjoys overwhelming support in parliament and is able to attract ample foreign funds to finance the expansion of the fiscal and current account deficits.