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Moldova vs Ukraine

125 shared metrics.

MoldovaLeads in 52

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UkraineLeads in 73

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Moldova

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Moldova.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

WHO data has placed Moldova among the world's highest countries for adult alcohol consumption per person.

WHO

Ukraine

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the Old East Slavic or Old Russian word ukraina, meaning "borderland," which was used to describe the area on medieval Russia's border…

CIA 2026

Geography

Size snapshot: almost four times the size of Georgia.

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Analysis

Ukraine leads in 73 of 125 shared metrics, while Moldova leads in 52.

Moldova's Water Stress (%) is 4.9x that of Ukraine (52.22% vs 8.8%).

Moldova's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 1.5x that of Ukraine (633.12 gCO2/kWh vs 250.47 gCO2/kWh).

Moldova's Renewable Energy (%) is 1.4x that of Ukraine (21.4% vs 8.9%).

Moldova's Irrigated Land is 1.1x that of Ukraine (2.1K km² vs 1.0K km²).

Moldova's Wind Electricity Share is 1.1x that of Ukraine (2.6% vs 1.3%).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Moldova leads

Moldova

52.22%

Ukraine

8.8%

Electricity Carbon IntensityMoldova leads

Moldova

633.12 gCO2/kWh

Ukraine

250.47 gCO2/kWh

Renewable Energy (%)Moldova leads

Moldova

21.4%

Ukraine

8.9%

Irrigated LandMoldova leads

Moldova

2.1K km²

Ukraine

1.0K km²

Wind Electricity ShareMoldova leads

Moldova

2.6%

Ukraine

1.3%

Teen Birth RateMoldova leads

Moldova

23.04 per 1k

Ukraine

11.38 per 1k

All Metrics

Water Stress (%)

Moldova

52.22%

Ukraine

8.8%

492% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Moldova

633.12 gCO2/kWh

Ukraine

250.47 gCO2/kWh

153% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Moldova

21.4%

Ukraine

8.9%

140% higher

Irrigated Land

Moldova

2.1K km²

Ukraine

1.0K km²

115% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Moldova

2.6%

Ukraine

1.3%

105% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Moldova

23.04 per 1k

Ukraine

11.38 per 1k

103% higher

Foreign Patents

Ukraine

Moldova

Ukraine

2.1K

99% lower

Tourist Arrivals

Ukraine

Moldova

29.0K

Ukraine

3.38M

99% lower

Electric Generating Capacity

Ukraine

Moldova

779.0K kW

Ukraine

60.30M kW

99% lower

Scientific Publications

Ukraine

Moldova

283.96

Ukraine

13.2K

98% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Ukraine

Moldova

6.0K

Ukraine

298.0K

98% lower

Military Spending

Ukraine

Moldova

0.60% of GDP

Ukraine

34.48% of GDP

98% lower

Forest Area

Ukraine

Moldova

3.9K km²

Ukraine

97.1K km²

96% lower

GDP Growth Rate

Ukraine

Moldova

0.10%

Ukraine

2.9%

96% lower

Railway Length

Ukraine

Moldova

1.2K km

Ukraine

21.7K km

95% lower

Domestic Patents

Ukraine

Moldova

Ukraine

1.3K

95% lower

Railway Network

Ukraine

Moldova

1.1K km

Ukraine

21.6K km

95% lower

Land Area

Ukraine

Moldova

32.9K km²

Ukraine

579.4K km²

94% lower

Women in Parliament (%)

Moldova

40.82%

Ukraine

21.09%

94% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Ukraine

Moldova

10 medals

Ukraine

160 medals

94% lower

Comparison of Moldova and Ukraine across 125 metrics
				Winner
Water Stress (%)	52.22%	8.8%	492% higher	Moldova
Electricity Carbon Intensity	633.12 gCO2/kWh	250.47 gCO2/kWh	153% higher	Moldova
Renewable Energy (%)	21.4%	8.9%	140% higher	Moldova
Irrigated Land	2.1K km²	1.0K km²	115% higher	Moldova
Wind Electricity Share	2.6%	1.3%	105% higher	Moldova
Teen Birth Rate	23.04 per 1k	11.38 per 1k	103% higher	Moldova
Foreign Patents	12	2.1K	99% lower	Ukraine
Tourist Arrivals	29.0K	3.38M	99% lower	Ukraine
Electric Generating Capacity	779.0K kW	60.30M kW	99% lower	Ukraine
Scientific Publications	283.96	13.2K	98% lower	Ukraine
Armed Forces Personnel	6.0K	298.0K	98% lower	Ukraine
Military Spending	0.60% of GDP	34.48% of GDP	98% lower	Ukraine
Forest Area	3.9K km²	97.1K km²	96% lower	Ukraine
GDP Growth Rate	0.10%	2.9%	96% lower	Ukraine
Railway Length	1.2K km	21.7K km	95% lower	Ukraine
Domestic Patents	64	1.3K	95% lower	Ukraine
Railway Network	1.1K km	21.6K km	95% lower	Ukraine
Land Area	32.9K km²	579.4K km²	94% lower	Ukraine
Women in Parliament (%)	40.82%	21.09%	94% higher	Moldova
All-Time Olympic Medals	10 medals	160 medals	94% lower	Ukraine
Electricity Generation	5.2 TWh	88.02 TWh	94% lower	Ukraine
Airports	10	150	93% lower	Ukraine
Total CO2 Emissions	8.2 Mt CO2e	118.48 Mt CO2e	93% lower	Ukraine
Population	3.58M	35.66M	90% lower	Ukraine
GDP (Nominal)	$18,200,340,853.65	$190,741,262,414.7	90% lower	Ukraine
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	9.0 sites	89% lower	Ukraine
Liberal Democracy Index	0.45	0.24	87% higher	Moldova
Unemployment Rate	1.4%	9.8%	85% lower	Ukraine
Air Passengers	827.6K	452.3K	83% higher	Moldova
Water Withdrawal	0.85 B m³	4.9 B m³	83% lower	Ukraine
Merchant Fleet Size	75	410	82% lower	Ukraine
Child Mortality	14.7 per 1k births	8.1 per 1k births	81% higher	Moldova
Firms Asked for Bribes	7.1% of firms	37.37% of firms	81% lower	Ukraine
Credit Card Ownership	8.0% of adults	41.05% of adults	81% lower	Ukraine
Highest Elevation	430 m	2.1K m	79% lower	Ukraine
Youth Unemployment Rate	4.2% of youth labor force	19.14% of youth labor force	78% lower	Ukraine
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Ukraine
Infant Mortality	13.5 per 1k births	7.8 per 1k births	73% higher	Moldova
Firms Making Informal Payments	6.8% of firms	24.3% of firms	72% lower	Ukraine
Border Neighbors	2.0	7.0	71% lower	Ukraine
Firms Hit by Power Outages	50.94% of firms	30.15% of firms	69% higher	Moldova
Land Border Length	1.9K km	5.6K km	66% lower	Ukraine
Freedom of Expression Index	0.65	0.42	56% higher	Moldova
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.9%	6.4%	54% lower	Ukraine
CO2 Per Capita	1.8 t/person/yr	3.8 t/person/yr	53% lower	Ukraine
Capital Elevation	85 m	179 m	53% lower	Ukraine
Political Corruption Index	0.33	0.64	49% lower	Ukraine
Tourism Revenue	$354,000,000	$687,000,000	48% lower	Ukraine
Solar Electricity Share	2.6%	4.6%	43% lower	Ukraine
Electoral Democracy Index	0.55	0.39	43% higher	Moldova
Government Debt (% GDP)	34.3% of GDP	58.7% of GDP	42% lower	Ukraine
Youth Population (%)	19.79%	13.89%	42% higher	Moldova
Digital Payments Used	50.46% of adults	82.89% of adults	39% lower	Ukraine
Beer Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	2.6 L/person/yr	38% lower	Ukraine
Urban Population (%)	43.52%	69.53%	37% lower	Ukraine
Broadband Access (%)	27 per 100 people	20 per 100 people	35% higher	Moldova
Spirits Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	34% lower	Ukraine
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	61.75 per 100k	93.07 per 100k	34% lower	Ukraine
Birth Rate	8.3 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	34% higher	Moldova
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.5 per 1M people	1.9 per 1M people	34% higher	Moldova
Suicide Rate	14.14 per 100k	21.21 per 100k	33% lower	Ukraine
Homicide Rate	2.5 per 100k	3.8 per 100k	33% lower	Ukraine
Protected Land (%)	11.5%	16.8%	32% lower	Ukraine
GNI Per Capita	$6,880	$5,210	32% higher	Moldova
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.22% of GDP	0.33% of GDP	32% lower	Ukraine
Population Density	85.44 /km²	65.12 /km²	31% higher	Moldova
Forest Coverage (%)	11.74%	16.76%	30% lower	Ukraine
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.6% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	29% higher	Moldova
Big Mac Price	$4.09	$3.19	28% higher	Moldova
Inflation Rate	4.7%	6.5%	28% lower	Ukraine
Life Evaluation Score	5.9 pts	4.7 pts	26% higher	Moldova
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.8 per 100k people	2.5 per 100k people	26% lower	Ukraine
Tobacco Use Prevalence	29.1% of adults	23.7% of adults	23% higher	Moldova
Researchers	717.42 per 1M	586.08 per 1M	22% higher	Moldova
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.58% of firms	17.68% of firms	22% higher	Moldova
Death Rate	14.06 per 1k	17.61 per 1k	20% lower	Ukraine
Alcohol Consumption	11.08 L/adult/yr	9.2 L/adult/yr	20% higher	Moldova
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	2.1% of GDP	20% higher	Moldova
Meat Consumption per Person	38.12 kg/person/yr	46.92 kg/person/yr	19% lower	Ukraine
Smoking Rate	29.7%	24.9%	19% higher	Moldova
Imports (% GDP)	57.25% of GDP	48.34% of GDP	18% higher	Moldova
Corruption Perceptions Index	42 pts	36 pts	17% higher	Moldova
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	28 days/yr	24 days/yr	17% higher	Moldova
Dependency Ratio	56.25% of working-age pop.	48.92% of working-age pop.	15% higher	Moldova
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.0% of GDP	8.2% of GDP	15% lower	Ukraine
Elderly Population (%)	16.21%	18.96%	15% lower	Ukraine
Safe Drinking Water (%)	75.82%	87.87%	14% lower	Ukraine
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.0 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	14% higher	Moldova
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.3K kg oil eq/person	1.5K kg oil eq/person	14% lower	Ukraine
Road Traffic Death Rate	9.1 per 100k	10.5 per 100k	13% lower	Ukraine
Obesity Rate	25.64%	29.2%	12% lower	Ukraine
University Enrollment Rate	74.71%	85.27%	12% lower	Ukraine
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	18.59% of GDP	21.03% of GDP	12% lower	Ukraine
Hypertension Prevalence	49% of adults	44.3% of adults	11% higher	Moldova
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.25 kg/person/yr	13.7 kg/person/yr	11% higher	Moldova
Sanitation Access (%)	86.88%	97.73%	11% lower	Ukraine
Median Age	37.8 years	42.0 years	10% lower	Ukraine
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	5.7 per 1k	6.3 per 1k	10% lower	Ukraine
Health Spending Per Capita	$398.15	$369.9	8% higher	Moldova
Milk Consumption per Person	155.18 kg/person/yr	145.03 kg/person/yr	7% higher	Moldova
Exports (% GDP)	31.41% of GDP	29.41% of GDP	7% higher	Moldova
Food Waste per Person	101.37 kg/person/yr	94.8 kg/person/yr	7% higher	Moldova
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $19,995.76	int. $18,904.98	6% higher	Moldova
Inequality (Gini)	26.8	25.6	5% higher	Moldova
Insufficient Physical Activity	11.69% of adults	11.15% of adults	5% higher	Moldova
Agricultural Land (%)	74.1%	71.3%	4% higher	Moldova
Fertility Rate	1.3 children/woman	1.2 children/woman	4% higher	Moldova
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	2.5K kWh/person	4% lower	Ukraine
Life Expectancy	71.2 years	73.4 years	3% lower	Ukraine
Can Raise Emergency Money	90.12% of adults	92.45% of adults	3% lower	Ukraine
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	120 per 100 people	122.76 per 100 people	2% lower	Ukraine
Internet Users (%)	80%	82%	2% lower	Ukraine
Vehicles per 1,000 People	319.01 per 1k people	313.96 per 1k people	2% higher	Moldova
Human Development Index	0.79	0.78	1% higher	Moldova
Women's Political Empowerment	0.90	0.89	1% higher	Moldova
Average Weekly Work Hours	39.42 hrs/week	39 hrs/week	1% higher	Moldova
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.76 µg/m³	14.9 µg/m³	1% lower	Ukraine
Coastline Length	0 km	2.8K km	ranked lower	Ukraine
Coal Electricity Share	0%	20.91%	ranked lower	Ukraine
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Moldova
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.17 per 1M people	ranked lower	Ukraine
Lowest Elevation	2.0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Moldova
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Moldova
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-19.1% of GDP	-15% of GDP	ranked lower	Ukraine
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	41 gold medals	ranked lower	Ukraine

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Analysis

Ukraine leads in 73 of 125 shared metrics, while Moldova leads in 52.

Moldova's Water Stress (%) is 4.9x that of Ukraine (52.22% vs 8.8%).

Moldova's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 1.5x that of Ukraine (633.12 gCO2/kWh vs 250.47 gCO2/kWh).

Moldova's Renewable Energy (%) is 1.4x that of Ukraine (21.4% vs 8.9%).

Moldova's Irrigated Land is 1.1x that of Ukraine (2.1K km² vs 1.0K km²).

Moldova's Wind Electricity Share is 1.1x that of Ukraine (2.6% vs 1.3%).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Moldova leads

Moldova

52.22%

Ukraine

8.8%

Electricity Carbon IntensityMoldova leads

Moldova

633.12 gCO2/kWh

Ukraine

250.47 gCO2/kWh

Renewable Energy (%)Moldova leads

Moldova

21.4%

Ukraine

8.9%

Irrigated LandMoldova leads

Moldova

2.1K km²

Ukraine

1.0K km²

Wind Electricity ShareMoldova leads

Moldova

2.6%

Ukraine

1.3%

Teen Birth RateMoldova leads

Moldova

23.04 per 1k

Ukraine

11.38 per 1k

Water Stress (%)

52.22%

8.8%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

633.12 gCO2/kWh

250.47 gCO2/kWh

Renewable Energy (%)

21.4%

8.9%

Irrigated Land

2.1K km²

1.0K km²

Wind Electricity Share

2.6%

1.3%

Teen Birth Rate

23.04 per 1k

11.38 per 1k

Foreign Patents

2.1K

Tourist Arrivals

29.0K

3.38M

Electric Generating Capacity

779.0K kW

60.30M kW

Scientific Publications

283.96

13.2K

Armed Forces Personnel

6.0K

298.0K

Military Spending

0.60% of GDP

34.48% of GDP

Forest Area

3.9K km²

97.1K km²

GDP Growth Rate

0.10%

2.9%

Railway Length

1.2K km

21.7K km

Domestic Patents

1.3K

Railway Network

1.1K km

21.6K km

Land Area

32.9K km²

579.4K km²

Women in Parliament (%)

40.82%

21.09%

All-Time Olympic Medals

10 medals

160 medals

Moldova vs Ukraine

What matters for both sides

Moldova

Ukraine

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Stress (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Renewable Energy (%)

Irrigated Land

Wind Electricity Share

Teen Birth Rate

Foreign Patents

Tourist Arrivals

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Armed Forces Personnel

Military Spending

Forest Area

GDP Growth Rate

Railway Length

Domestic Patents

Railway Network

Land Area

Women in Parliament (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electricity Generation

Airports

Total CO2 Emissions

Population

GDP (Nominal)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Liberal Democracy Index

Unemployment Rate

Air Passengers

Water Withdrawal

Merchant Fleet Size

Child Mortality

Firms Asked for Bribes

Credit Card Ownership

Highest Elevation

Youth Unemployment Rate

Time Zones Count

Infant Mortality

Firms Making Informal Payments

Border Neighbors

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Land Border Length

Freedom of Expression Index

High-Tech Exports (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Capital Elevation

Political Corruption Index

Tourism Revenue

Solar Electricity Share

Electoral Democracy Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Youth Population (%)

Digital Payments Used

Beer Consumption

Urban Population (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Spirits Consumption

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Birth Rate

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Suicide Rate

Homicide Rate

Protected Land (%)

GNI Per Capita

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Population Density

Forest Coverage (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Big Mac Price

Inflation Rate

Life Evaluation Score

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Tobacco Use Prevalence