Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova
Moldova: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) was 315.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 315.1% for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 424.6% on the previous year and up 294.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova peaked at 315.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 58.2%, in 2016.
Moldova ranks 5th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 89.5% | — |
| 2001 | 76.4% | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 71.8% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 85.8% | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 72.2% | -15.9% |
| 2005 | 87.6% | +21.3% |
| 2006 | 67.1% | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 79.5% | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 106.7% | +34.3% |
| 2009 | 101.4% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 68.0% | -32.9% |
| 2011 | 105.9% | +55.7% |
| 2012 | 122.0% | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 110.9% | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 92.9% | -16.3% |
| 2015 | 79.8% | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 58.2% | -27.1% |
| 2017 | 106.5% | +82.9% |
| 2018 | 120.3% | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 59.3% | -50.7% |
| 2020 | 118.4% | +99.7% |
| 2021 | 79.0% | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 128.7% | +62.9% |
| 2023 | 93.2% | -27.6% |
| 2024 | 60.1% | -35.5% |
| 2025 | 315.1% | +424.6% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 315.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 129.5%, 2.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 315.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.2%, 3.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +424.6% | 60.1% | 315.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.8% | 67.1% | 106.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 58.2% | 122.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 132.4% | 60.1% | 315.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More gender data for Moldova
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 492.95 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -4.19 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 2,352 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 2,352 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate -0.3246 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,841 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,766 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 15,090 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 16,044 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 15,279 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova?
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) in Moldova was 315.1% in 2025, according to World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
- What is the highest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 315.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.2% in 2016.
- How does Moldova rank for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%)?
- Moldova ranks 5th out of 155 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 294.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as part of Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.