Moldova: 0 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 2,114 m above Moldova’s

Moldova: 430 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 73% of Moldova, versus 55% of Romania

Moldova: 73.2% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 8.1 times as many people as Moldova

Moldova: 2.36 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 15% more densely populated than Moldova

Moldova: 72 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 4.9 years older than in Moldova

Moldova: 37.8 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Moldova have 0.3 more children on average than in Romania

Moldova: 1.73 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 17% in Moldova

Moldova: 16.9% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Moldova hosts 5.8 times as many refugees per resident as Romania

Moldova: 63.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Moldova none

Moldova: 0 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Moldova and Romania are practically level

Moldova: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 21 times the size of Moldova’s

Moldova: $20.4 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 2.5 times as much per person as Moldova

Moldova: Int$19,996 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Moldova (Gini 3 points higher)

Moldova: 26.8 (2024) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

0.7% of people in Romania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Moldova

Moldova: 0% (2024) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 1.5% in Moldova

Moldova: 1.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Moldova 0.6%

Moldova: 0.6% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Moldova’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Moldova: 18.8% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Moldova’s

Moldova: 43% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Moldova

Moldova: $452 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Moldova is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Moldova: 15.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Moldova has 11% more doctors per person than Romania

Moldova: 4 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 31% more hospital beds per person than Moldova

Moldova: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Moldova is 65% higher than in Romania

Moldova: 13.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 27% in Moldova

Moldova: 27% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 29% in Moldova

Moldova: 28.8% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.78 points higher than in Moldova

Moldova: 5.85 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 31% more alcohol than in Moldova

Moldova: 13 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Moldova

Moldova: 33.9 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 1,145 kcal more food per person per day than Moldova

Moldova: 2,504 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Moldova put in 163 more hours a year than in Romania

Moldova: 1,989 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Moldova went to school 0.28 years longer than in Romania

Moldova: 11.8 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 6.6 times as many tourists per resident as Moldova (2019)

Moldova: 0.11 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 10 more World Heritage sites than Moldova (11 against 1)

Moldova: 1 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Moldova 10

Moldova: 10 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 77% in Moldova

Moldova: 77% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 21% faster than in Moldova

Moldova: 261 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Moldova and Romania are practically level

Moldova: 100% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 44% in Moldova

Moldova: 44% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Moldova and Romania are practically level

Moldova: 120 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 9.4 times as long as Moldova’s

Moldova: 1,149 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Moldova fly 2.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Moldova: 0.35 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 11% of Moldova

Moldova: 11.3% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Moldova

Moldova: 1.8 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 11% in Moldova

Moldova: 11.2% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 13% more fine dust than in Moldova

Moldova: 12.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Moldova as in Romania

Moldova: 2.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 10% deadlier than in Moldova

Moldova: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Moldova is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Romania

Moldova: 11.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Romania gets 45% more rain than Moldova

Moldova: 521 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)