Quality of life comparison

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

Health

have 2.8 times more doctors per person

Mauritius has 14.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Moldova has 40.2 as of 2023.

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live 2.5 years less

In Mauritius, the average life expectancy is 74 years (70 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024. In Moldova, that number is 71 years (67 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 24.6% less spent on your healthcare

Mauritius spends $1,566 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Moldova spends $1,181 as of 2023.

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be 34.4% more likely to die by suicide

Mauritius has a suicide rate of 10.5 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 73.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Mauritius, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Moldova, that number is 1.5% as of 2025.

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be 4.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Mauritius, 8.4% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Moldova, however, that number is 33.6% as of 2024.

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make 33.6% less money

Mauritius has a GDP per capita of $12,991 as of 2025, while in Moldova, the GDP per capita is $8,622 as of 2025.

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Life

be 71.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mauritius, approximately 66.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Moldova, 19.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 54.4% more on education

Mauritius spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Moldova spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 21.0% more on healthcare

Mauritius spends 5.6% 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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Safety

be 11.9% more likely to be murdered

Mauritius has a homicide rate of 2.3 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Moldova, that number is 2.5 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

live with 45.3% less strain on fresh water

Mauritius withdraws 23% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Moldova withdraws 13% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 2.1 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Mauritius, air pollution causes 28.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Moldova, it causes 58.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this

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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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