Quality of life comparison

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

Health

have 13.7% more doctors per person

Ukraine has 35.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Moldova has 40.2 as of 2023.

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be 33.3% less likely to die by suicide

Ukraine has a suicide rate of 21.2 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Moldova, it is 14.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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live 3.4 years less

In Ukraine, the average life expectancy is 75 years (70 years for men, 79 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 14.5% less spent on your healthcare

Ukraine spends $1,382 per person on healthcare as of 2021 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Moldova spends $1,181 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 47.0% more money

Ukraine has a GDP per capita of $5,866 as of 2025, while in Moldova, the GDP per capita is $8,622 as of 2025.

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Life

have 93.6% more children

In Ukraine, there are approximately 5.5 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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be 26.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Ukraine, approximately 15.0 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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be 98.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Ukraine, approximately 7.6 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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Expenditures

spend 17.8% less on healthcare

Ukraine spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2021. In Moldova, that number is 6.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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spend 27.6% more on education

Ukraine spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Moldova spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 32.8% less likely to be murdered

Ukraine has a homicide rate of 3.8 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Moldova, that number is 2.5 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 13.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Ukraine, road accidents kill 10.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Moldova, they kill 9.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 36.9% more home broadband

Ukraine has 21.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Moldova has 29.6 as of 2024.

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live with 99.4% more strain on fresh water

Ukraine withdraws 6% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Moldova withdraws 13% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 12.1% less likely to die from air pollution

In Ukraine, air pollution causes 66.0 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 (2019–2021). How we calculate this

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Moving from Ukraine to Moldova · UN DESA 2020
42,436 people born in Ukraine live in Moldova.
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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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