Moldova Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Dec 31, 2023

Actual

4.9

Units In

5.5

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Dec 04, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 29 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
13 Mar 2006	2.2 Sep 2018	5.64 %	2000-2023	National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

In Moldova, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Moldova’s unemployment rate fell to 4.0% in Q2 2025 from an upwardly revised 4.8% in the prior quarter. Male unemployment dropped to 4.4% from 6.0%, while the female rate edged down to 3.6% from 3.7%. The jobless rate stood at 4.1% in urban areas versus 3.9% in rural regions. Youth unemployment (ages 15–24) eased to 8.3% from 10.7%. Meanwhile, the total number of unemployed declined 13.5% to 32,800, while the labor force grew by 40,900 to 824,700, pushing the participation rate among those aged 15 and over to 41.8% in Q2 from 39.7% in Q1 2025.