Trade in services (% of GDP) in Moldova
Moldova: Trade in services (% of GDP) was 26.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Trade in services in Moldova, 1994–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 26.5% for trade in services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trade in services in Moldova peaked at 31.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1994.
Moldova ranks 85th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Trade in services (% of GDP) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6.6% | — |
| 1995 | 19.4% | +196.1% |
| 1996 | 16.1% | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 21.4% | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 28.1% | +31.6% |
| 2000 | 30.1% | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 27.1% | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 29.4% | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 29.1% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 28.3% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 29.2% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 30.1% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 31.3% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 27.6% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | -21.8% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 22.2% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 22.5% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 22.9% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 23.5% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 23.9% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 23.1% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 23.2% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | -19.3% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 25.1% | +23.0% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 24.9% | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 26.5% | +6.5% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 26.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.5%, 100% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 26.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31.1%, 85% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Trade in services (% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +196.1% | 6.6% | 19.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.4% | 6.6% | 28.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 27.1% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 21.6% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 18.7% | 26.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More economy & growth data for Moldova
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 71.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.8389 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 63.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.6126 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0391 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 337.05 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -6.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trade in services in Moldova?
- Trade in services in Moldova was 26.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest trade in services recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest trade in services recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1994.
- How does Moldova rank for trade in services?
- Moldova ranks 85th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is trade in services rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.