Published in May 2025, this informational note reflects the results of the calculation of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index for the year 2024 based on the Household Budget Survey – Cercetării Bugetelor Gospodăriilor Casnice (CBGC). 

• Informational Note | Sărăcia multidimensională în Republica Moldova în anul 2024
• Data tables | Indicatori principali ai Indicelui sărăciei multidimensionale, pentru anii 2022-2024 

In November 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova published the first analytical report for the National Multidimensional Poverty Index. The MPI includes four dimensions and 11 indicators, with the results calculated using 2022 data from the national Household Budget Survey (HBS). The Moldova National MPI can be disaggregated by area, region, sex, age groups and number of children per household.

OPHI and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided technical support. Several line ministries including the State Chancellery, the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Energy and other national partners contributed to the development of the methodology, as well as to the study of the possible application of the MPI in public policies. 

• Citation: NBS and UNDP Moldova (2024). Analysis of multidimensional poverty in the Republic of Moldova in 2022, Chisinau: Statistica Moldovei/National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 35% or more of the 11 weighted indicators.

Source: NBS and UNDP Moldova (2024). Analysis of multidimensional poverty in the Republic of Moldova in 2022, Chisinau: Statistica Moldovei/National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country. 

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Moldova based on DHS year 2016-2017.

Official institution responsible for statistics

• National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

News

• 20 May 2025 | Sărăcia multidimensională în Republica Moldova în anul 2024

Events

• 27 August 2024 | Presentation by Ina Emelianova, Head, Living Standards Statistics Division, Moldova at the 9th MPPN Annual Meeting
• 30 April 2025 | Presentation by Oleg Cara, Director General, National Bureau of Statistics, Moldova at the MPPN Webinar