External Debt in Moldova increased to 10517.15 USD Million in the first quarter of 2025 from 10213.33 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Moldova External Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Moldova External Debt: % of GDP

• Moldova External Debt accounted for 60.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 66.0 % in the previous year.
• Moldova External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2000 to Dec 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 133.8 % in Dec 2000 and a record low of 60.6 % in Dec 2023.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual External Debt and annual Nominal GDP. The National Bank of Moldova provides External Debt in USD. The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The National Bank of Moldova average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. External Debt as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2010 is calculated from External Debt based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993.


Related information about Moldova External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Moldova, Current Account recorded a deficit of 886.9 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 153.1 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Moldova Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 15.6 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 0.8 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• The country's External Debt reached 10,173.2 in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 4.2 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Key information about Moldova External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• Moldova External Debt: Short Term accounted for 16.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 19.1 % in the previous year.
• Moldova External Debt: Short Term: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from 2000 to 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 37.8 % in 2000 and a record low of 14.5 % in 2011.

CEIC calculates Short Term External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Short Term External Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Short Term External Debt is calculated as the sum of the Short Term External Debt breakdowns for General Government, Deposit Taking Corporations, Other Sectors and Intercompany Lending. The National Bank of Moldova provides Short Term External Debt in USD. The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The National Bank of Moldova average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Short Term External Debt as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2009 is calculated from Short Term External Debt based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993. Since 2007, the National Bank of Moldova has discontinued Short Term External Debt for General Government.


Related information about Moldova External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Moldova, Current Account recorded a deficit of 886.9 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 153.1 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Moldova Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 15.6 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 0.8 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Moldova External Debt: Short Term value stood at 2.6 USD bn in Dec 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 4.2 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Moldova: External debt, percent of Gross National Income: The latest value from 2022 is 66.74 percent, an increase from 64.72 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 56.76 percent, based on data from 113 countries. Historically, the average for Moldova from 1996 to 2022 is 71.88 percent. The minimum value, 48.32 percent, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 136.19 percent was recorded in 2000.

Total reserves (% of total external debt) in Moldova was reported at 51.26 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Moldova - Total reserves (% of total external debt) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

External debt stocks (% of GNI) in Moldova was reported at 63.3 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Moldova - External debt stocks (% of GNI) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) in Moldova was reported at 1323119936 USD in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Moldova - Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in Moldova was reported at 10638677756 USD in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Moldova - External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments data was reported at 2.740 Year in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.170 Year for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments data is updated yearly, averaging 2.526 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.428 Year in 2003 and a record low of 0.000 Year in 1991. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grace Period on New External Debt Commitments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Grace period is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the grace periods for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$) in Moldova was reported at 4008068000 USD in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Moldova - External debt stocks, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (DOD, current US$) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Moldova: Short-term debt, percent of total external debt: Pour cet indicateur, La Banque mondiale fournit des données pour la Moldova de 1992 à 2023. La valeur moyenne pour Moldova pendant cette période était de 20.87 pour cent avec un minimum de 0 pour cent en 1992 et un maximum de 36.76 pour cent en 2009.

Key information about Moldova External Debt

• Moldova External Debt reached 10.2 USD bn in Sep 2024, compared with 9.8 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Moldova External Debt: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2009 to Sep 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 10.2 USD bn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 4.2 USD bn in Mar 2009.

Related information about Moldova External Debt

• In the latest reports of Moldova, Current Account recorded a deficit of 886.9 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 153.1 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Moldova Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 15.6 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 0.8 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 4.2 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments: Private data was reported at 0.000 Year in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Year for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments: Private data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.486 Year in 2014 and a record low of 0.000 Year in 2017. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments: Private data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data was reported at 60.735 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 56.905 % for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data is updated yearly, averaging 18.157 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.417 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1991. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Grant Element on New External Debt Commitments: Official data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. The grant element of a loan is the grant equivalent expressed as a percentage of the amount committed. It is used as a measure of the overall cost of borrowing. To obtain the average, the grant elements for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. The grant equivalent of a loan is its commitment (present) value, less the discounted present value of its contractual debt service; conventionally, future service payments are discounted at 10 percent. Commitments cover the total amount of loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Private Creditors data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Private Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 119.972 USD mn in 1996 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2017. Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Private Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Commitments and Currency Composition. Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Moldova MD: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data was reported at 89.835 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 88.036 USD mn for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 4.921 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.854 USD mn in 2007 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1992. Moldova MD: External Debt: INT: Interest Payments: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Disbursements and Interest Payment. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

MD: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data was reported at 0.000 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 % for 2016. MD: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.297 % in 1997 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2017. MD: External Debt: Average Interest on New External Debt Commitments: Private data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Official Creditors data was reported at 297.982 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 314.883 USD mn for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Official Creditors data is updated yearly, averaging 20.786 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 629.168 USD mn in 2013 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1991. Moldova MD: External Debt: COM: Commitments: Official Creditors data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Commitments and Currency Composition. Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;

Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data was reported at 20.756 Year in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.486 Year for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data is updated yearly, averaging 9.445 Year from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.928 Year in 2003 and a record low of 0.000 Year in 1991. Moldova MD: External Debt: Average Maturity on New External Debt Commitments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Terms and Undisbursed Debt. Maturity is the number of years to original maturity date, which is the sum of grace and repayment periods. Grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. To obtain the average, the maturity for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average;

Moldova MD: External Debt: NFL: Net Financial Flows: Multilateral data was reported at 51.162 USD mn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 111.203 USD mn for 2016. Moldova MD: External Debt: NFL: Net Financial Flows: Multilateral data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 111.203 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of -14.774 USD mn in 2003. Moldova MD: External Debt: NFL: Net Financial Flows: Multilateral data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Moldova – Table MD.World Bank: External Debt: Net Flows and Net Transfers. Public and publicly guaranteed multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Sum;