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USD 3.0 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 11.4 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 25.9 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 3% | 7.8% | -6% | 7.1% | 5.8% | -0.6% | 9% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 5% | -0.3% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| N/A | N/A | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 9.6% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 4.9% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 5% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 3% | 3% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 37.8% | 35.6% | 31.8% | 29.7% | 29.5% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -1.9% | -1.8% | -0.8% | -1.1% | -3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: B3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-10.5 % (2018 estimate)
30.4% (2018)
0.01% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
Mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles
Romania 24.6%, Russia 13.7%, Italy 9.1%, Germany 6.2%, Ukraine 5.3%, UK 4.6%, Poland 4.6% (2017)
Romania 15.5%, Ukraine 11.4%, Russia 10.6%, China 10.4%, Germany 8.9%, Italy 6.9%, Turkey 6.1% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 91 million | USD 163 million | USD 228 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 9.1 million | USD 14 million | USD 31 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
48 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 13 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 156 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 84 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 22 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 45 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 33 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 38 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 62 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 67 out of 190 countries
86 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 97 / Score: 59.1 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Moldovan 58.8% (official; virtually the same as the Romanian language), Romanian 16.4%, Russian 16%, Ukrainian 3.8%, Gagauz 3.1% (a Turkish language), Bulgarian 1.1%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2004 est.)
Orthodox 93.3%, Baptist 1%, other Christian 1.2%, other 0.9%, atheist 0.4%, none 1%, unspecified 2.2% (2004 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| N/A | 3.644 million | 3.564 million | 3.553 million | 3.54 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 23% | 40% | 46% | 45% |
Total population: 99.4%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 99.1% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.1% (2014)
26.8 (2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 34.99% Mobile 108.04% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)