GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 21.5% industry: 22% services: 56.5% (2006 est.)

Labor force: 1.339 million (2006 est.)

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

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

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:
36.2 (2001)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
12.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.318 billion
expenditures: $1.335 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)