GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 21% industry: 27% services: 52% (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):
17.2% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
80% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 30.7% (1997)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
40.6 (1997)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.6% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
1.383 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 40%, industry 14%, services 46% (1998)

Unemployment rate:
8% (roughly 25% of working age Moldovans are employed abroad) (2002
est.)

Budget:
revenues: $474.8 million
expenditures: $443.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)