Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Moldova
Moldova: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was -0.9% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Moldova, 2002–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Moldova is -0.9%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 519.8% on the previous year and up 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Moldova peaked at 0.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -9.0%, in 2018.
Moldova ranks 153rd of 225 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -1.0% | — |
| 2003 | -1.1% | +11.7% |
| 2004 | -1.4% | +20.7% |
| 2005 | -2.2% | +62.9% |
| 2006 | -2.9% | +28.1% |
| 2007 | -2.8% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | -2.9% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | -3.3% | +13.3% |
| 2010 | -3.1% | -6.6% |
| 2011 | -3.0% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | -2.9% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | -2.7% | -9.2% |
| 2014 | -8.2% | +209.7% |
| 2015 | -7.2% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | -6.6% | -8.2% |
| 2017 | -6.7% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | -9.0% | +33.7% |
| 2019 | -8.5% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -102.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -28.5% |
| 2023 | -0.9% | -519.8% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's -0.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%, 1.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -519.8% | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | -209.7% | -2.7% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.2% | -3.3% | -1.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | -5.8% | -9.0% | -2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -0.9% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More agriculture & rural data for Moldova
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0738 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.96 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5627 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Moldova?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Moldova was -0.9% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was -9.0% in 2018.
- How does Moldova rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Moldova ranks 153rd out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.