What they reported
Reports significant progress amid overlapping crises, keeping severe poverty low and returning to growth in 2023-2024.
Growth driven by productivity, small enterprises and IT-sector expansion, with rising employment.
Priorities and asks
Human capital, reducing rural disparities, the green transition, rule of law, and EU partnership.
What stands out
Progress is framed as resilience against the spillover of the war in Ukraine, with reforms oriented to European integration.
The data angle
Repeatedly flags that the lack of disaggregated data limits the effectiveness of public policies.
Read more
- Voluntary National Reviews 2026, the full brief with all 36 countries and the cross-cutting themes.
- Official VNR country database, home of Republic of Moldova’s full report and main messages.
- HLPF 2026 coverage, where the reviews are presented.
This summary is drawn from Republic of Moldova’s own 2026 main messages; figures are as the government reported them and were not independently verified. Edition is noted only where the country states its own.