If you lived in Moldova instead of Egypt, you would:

Health

be 49.3% less likely to be obese

In Egypt, 43.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Moldova, that number is 22.3% of people as of 2024.

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see 30.6% more spent on your healthcare

Egypt spends $905 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Moldova spends $1,181 as of 2023.

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have 6.0 times more doctors per person

Egypt has 6.7 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Moldova has 40.2 as of 2023.

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be 22.4 times more likely to die by suicide

Egypt has a suicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Moldova, it is 14.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 77.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Egypt, 6.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Moldova, that number is 1.5% as of 2025.

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make 2.8 times more money

Egypt has a GDP per capita of $3,086 as of 2025, while in Moldova, the GDP per capita is $8,622 as of 2025.

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Life

be 25.4% more likely to be literate

In Egypt, the literacy rate is 79.5% as of 2022. In Moldova, it is 99.6% as of 2021.

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be 27.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Egypt, approximately 20.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Moldova, on the other hand, 15.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 49.4% fewer children

In Egypt, there are approximately 20.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Moldova, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.6 times more on education

Egypt spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Moldova spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 38.1% more on healthcare

Egypt spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Moldova, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 2.5 times more home broadband

Egypt has 11.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Moldova has 29.6 as of 2024.

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live with 91.1% less strain on fresh water

Egypt withdraws 141% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Moldova withdraws 13% as of 2022.

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use 61.5% more electricity

Egypt uses 1,493 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Moldova uses 2,412 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 44.8% less likely to die from air pollution

In Egypt, air pollution causes 105.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Moldova, it causes 58.0 as of 2019.

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emit 36.8% more CO2

Egypt emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Moldova emits 3.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook (2020–2021), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this

Moldova: At a glance

Moldova is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 32,891 sq km. Part of Romania during the interwar period, Moldova was incorporated into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although the country has been independent from the USSR since 1991, Russian forces have remained on Moldovan territory east of the Nistru River supporting the separatist region of Transnistria, composed of a Slavic majority population (mostly Ukrainians and Russians), but with a sizeable ethnic Moldovan minority. One of the poorest nations in Europe, Moldova became the first former Soviet state to elect a communist, Vladimir VORONIN, as its president in 2001. VORONIN served as Moldova's president until he resigned in September 2009, following the opposition's gain of a narrow majority in July parliamentary elections and the Communist Party's (PCRM) subsequent inability to attract the three-fifths of parliamentary votes required to elect a president and, by doing so, put into place a permanent government. Four Moldovan opposition parties formed a new coalition, the Alliance for European Integration (AEI), iterations of which have acted as Moldova's governing coalitions since. Moldova experienced significant political uncertainty between 2009 and early 2012, holding three general elections and numerous presidential ballots in parliament, all of which failed to secure a president. Following November 2010 parliamentary elections, a reconstituted AEI-coalition consisting of three of the four original AEI parties formed a government, and in March 2012 was finally able to elect an independent as president. As of late May 2013, the ruling coalition - comprised of two of the original AEI parties and a splinter group from a third - is called the Pro-European Coalition. In November 2013, the Moldovan Government initialed an Association Agreement with the European Union (EU), advancing the coalition's policy priority of EU integration.
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