Economy of Moldova

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Economy of Moldova
AIRM - Main office of Posta Moldovei - aug 2015.jpg
The International Business Centre Skytower in Chișinău
Currency Moldovan leu (MDL)
Calendar year
Trade organisations
WTO, GUAM, CEFTA, BSEC, CISFTA, EAEU (observer)
Country group
Statistics
PopulationDecrease2.svg 3.33 million (2024 est) [3]
GDP
  • Increase2.svg $17.163 billion (nominal, 2024 est.) [3]
  • Increase2.svg $45.023 billion (PPP, 2024 est.) [3]
GDP rank
GDP growth
  • −8.3% (2020) 13.9% (2021)
  • 0.0% (2022e) 2.3% (2023f) [3]
GDP per capita
  • Increase2.svg $5,155 (nominal, 2024 est.) [3]
  • Increase2.svg $18,367 (PPP, 2024 est.) [3]
GDP per capita rank
GDP by sector
  • 3.7% (2020) 5.1% (2021)
  • 28.5% (2022e) 13.8% (2023f) [3]
Population below poverty line
Increase Negative.svg 26.8% (2020) [5]

Decrease Positive.svg 1.0% on <$3.20/day (2020f)
 Decrease Positive.svg 0.7% on <$3.20/day (2022f) [6]

Contents

Decrease Positive.svg 14.4% on <$5.50/day (2020f)
 Decrease Positive.svg 11.9% on <$5.50/day (2022f) [6]
Increase Negative.svg 26.0 low (2019) [7]
Labour force
  • Increase2.svg 900.4 thousand (Q2, 2022) [9]
  • Increase2.svg 41.3% employment rate (Q2, 2022) [9]
Labour force by occupation
Unemployment
  • Decrease Positive.svg 2.4% (Q2, 2022) [9]
  • Decrease Positive.svg 21.6 thousand unemployed (Q2, 2022) [9]
Average gross salary
MDL 11,539.1 / €604 / $651 monthly (Q4, 2022) [11]
MDL 9,240.51 / €483 / $521 monthly (Q4, 2022) [12] [13] [14]
Main industries
Food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles, sugar processing, vegetable oil. [15]
External
Exports
  • Increase2.svg $3.144 billion (2021) [16]
  • Decrease2.svg $2.467 billion (2020) [16]
  • Increase2.svg $2.799 billion (2019) [16]
Export goods
Cereals and cereal-based products; seeds and oleaginous fruits; electrical machines, appliances and parts thereof; vegetable fats and oils − fixed, crude, refined or fractionated; vegetables and fruits; clothing and accessories; furniture and parts thereof; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages; yarns, fabrics, textiles and related products; road vehicles; Others. [15] [17] [18]
Main export partners
Imports
  • Increase Negative.svg $7.176 billion (2021) [20]
  • Decrease Positive.svg $5.416 billion (2020) [20]
  • Increase Negative.svg $5.842 billion (2019) [20]
Import goods
Refined petroleum and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; Medicaments; Motor cars and other motor vehicles, including station wagons and tractors; Insulated wire, cable and other insulated conductors; Optical, photographic, cinematographic instruments and apparatus; Insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides and similar products; Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (switches, relays, fuses, etc.); Automatic data processing machines; Chemical products; Others. [15] [21] [22]
Main import partners
FDI stock
  • Increase2.svg $4.851 billion (2020 est.) [24]
  • FDI net flux: Decrease2.svg $62.45 million (2020 est.)
  • Decrease2.svg $ −1.8 billion (2022 est.) [3]
  • Decrease2.svg −12.8% of GDP (2022 est.)
  • Decrease Positive.svg $8.687 billion (30 June 2022) [25]
  • Decrease Positive.svg 60.9% of GDP (2022 est.)
Public finances
  • Increase Negative.svg MDL 82.742 billion (30 June 2022) [26]
  • Decrease Positive.svg 29.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
  • Decrease2.svg MDL −17.219 billion (2022 est.) [3]
  • Decrease2.svg −6.19% of GDP (2022 est.)
Revenues
  • Increase2.svg MDL 89.610 billion (2022 est.) [3]
  • Increase2.svg 32.2% of GDP (2022 est.)
Expenses
  • Increase Negative.svg MDL 106.8 billion (2022 est.) [3]
  • Increase Negative.svg 38.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Moody's (2022): [27]
B3
Outlook: Negative
Increase2.svg $4.228 billion (30 Sep 2022) [28]

All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Moldova is an emerging [1] upper-middle income economy, [2] with a high Human Development Index. [15] Moldova is a landlocked Eastern European country, bordered by Ukraine on the East and Romania to the West. It is a former Soviet republic and today a candidate member to the European Union. [29]

Background

On January 2, 1992, Moldova introduced a market economy, liberalising prices, which resulted in huge inflation. In 1993, a national currency, the Moldovan leu, was introduced to replace the Soviet rouble. The economic fortunes of Moldova began to change in 2001; since then the country has seen a steady annual growth of between 5% and 10%. Remittances from Moldovans abroad account for a quarter of Moldova's GDP, one of the highest percentages in the world.

Overview

Horse-drawn carts in the Moldovan countryside. Horse with cart.jpg
Horse-drawn carts in the Moldovan countryside.

Moldova's proximity to the Black Sea gives it a mild and sunny climate. The fertile Chernozem soil supports wheat, corn, barley, tobacco, sugar beet, and soybeans. Beef and dairy cattle are raised, and beekeeping is widespread. Moldova's best-known product comes from its extensive and well-developed vineyards concentrated in the central and southern regions. Moldova produces liqueur and sparkling wine. It is also known for its sunflower seeds, walnuts, apples, and other fruits. This makes the area ideal for agriculture and food processing, which accounts for about 40% of the country's GDP.

Moldova produced in 2018:

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like rapeseed (85 thousand tons). Moldova has a production of grape and apple between the 20th and 25th largest in the world, and a production of plum and sunflower seed between the 10th and 15th largest of the world. [30]

GDP by sector, 1989, 1999 and 2015 MoldovanGDPBySector.svg
GDP by sector, 1989, 1999 and 2015

Moldova has experienced economic difficulties, like many other former Soviet republics. Since its economy was highly dependent on the rest of the former Soviet Union for energy and raw materials, the breakdown in trade following the breakup of the Soviet Union had a serious effect, exacerbated at times by drought and civil conflict. The Russian rouble devaluation of 1998 had a deleterious effect on Moldova's economy, but economic growth has been steady since 2000.

Moldova has made progress in economic reform since independence. The government has liberalized most prices and has phased out subsidies on most basic consumer goods. A program begun in March 1993 has privatized 80% of all housing units and nearly 2,000 small, medium, and large enterprises, which led to a rise in homelessness and unemployment. Other successes include the privatization of nearly all of Moldova's agricultural land from state to private ownership, as a result of an American assistance program completed in 2000. A stock market opened in June 1995.

Inflation was brought down from over 105% in 1994 to 11% in 1997. Though inflation spiked again after Russia’s 1998 currency devaluation, Moldova made great strides in bringing it under control: 18.4% in 2000, 6.3% in 2001, and 4.4% in 2002. In 2003 inflation escalated again due mainly to a drought-driven rise in agricultural prices reaching 15.7%, although it was reined in to 12.5% in 2004. The local currency appreciated considerably in 2003 and the first months of 2004. By May, the leu had reached its highest level since the end of 1999. After the National Bank of Moldova increased considerably its purchases on the foreign exchange market, the leu stabilized in November–December 2004 at 12.00-12.50 to the US dollar.

Moldova continues transitioning towards a free-market economy. The country recorded its fifth consecutive year of positive GDP growth in 2004, with year-end real GDP growth of 8%. This growth is impressive considering that, prior to 2000, Moldova had recorded only one year of positive GDP growth since independence. Budget execution in 2004 was also impressive, as actual consolidated budget revenues exceeded projections by 1.4% for most of the year.

Privatization results in 2004 were not significant: several smaller companies and one winery were privatized in 2004, but the government postponed indefinitely the privatization of several larger state enterprises, including two electricity distribution companies. Sporadic and ineffective enforcement of the law, economic and political uncertainty, and government harassment and interference continue to discourage inflows of foreign direct investment.

Imports continued to increase more rapidly than exports during the first nine months of 2004; Moldova’s terms of trade worsened, as higher-priced energy imports outpaced the value of Moldova’s main exports—agricultural and agro-processing goods.

During 2002, Moldova rescheduled an outstanding Eurobond, in the amount of $39.6 million, to avoid a potential default. In May 2004, Moldova redeemed promissory notes with a total value of $114.5 million to Russian Gazprom for just $50 million. Moldova informed its bilateral creditors in mid-2003 that it would no longer service its debts. The 2004 budget did provide funds for external debt service (interest) at some 6% of the government budget, the 2005 budget projects external debt service at some 4%. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank resumed lending to Moldova in July 2002, and then suspended lending again in July 2003. Although Moldova passed a poverty reduction strategy in 2004, it has yet to reach an agreement with international financial institutions.

70% of total electrical energy power consumed in Moldova is imported from Ukraine and only 30% is produced in Moldova.

In 2021 Moldova's trade with Russia was $1.33b compared with the EU of $5.06. In 2022 the EU trade increased to $6.9b [31]

Macroeconomic situation

Real GPD per capita development of Moldova, 1973 to 2018 GDP per capita development of Moldova.svg
Real GPD per capita development of Moldova, 1973 to 2018

As a whole, Moldova is doing well, despite a series of consecutive shocks, which included the doubling of the price of imported natural gas and 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines, and a severe drought in 2007. Growth is estimated at 5 percent in 2007 and is projected to increase to 7 percent in 2008. Investment is picking up, and is beginning to replace remittances as the main source of growth—an encouraging sign that the earlier model of consumption-driven growth is changing.

Moldova increasingly faces the challenges experienced by other transition economies. Improved growth prospects have come with strong appreciation pressures from foreign exchange inflows, and a widening trade deficit. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has picked up and is estimated to have reached 12 percent of GDP in 2007, compared with 7 percent in 2006.

The main macroeconomic concern is inflation, which at 13 percent remains high for the region.

A deterioration in the merchandise trade balance due to strong import growth has been offset by improvements in net income and transfers, with a small improvement in the current account deficit to 12 percent of GDP. A resumption of wine exports to Russia in October was a major positive development, although volumes are likely to recover slowly.

Fiscal policy remained tight, ending 2007 with a modest deficit of 0.3 percent of GDP. Strong revenue performance was driven by robust VAT on imports, while expenditure was kept in line with the budget. However, the tax cuts introduced in 2008 may undermine the favorable fiscal position.

Monetary tightening in 2007 was complicated by the strong inflow of foreign exchange. The National Bank of Moldova increased reserve requirements from 10 to 15 percent, and raised policy interest rates by 2.5 percentage points. Nevertheless, the possibility of second-round effects from the drought, liquidity pressures from growing remittances and FDI, and the continued strong growth in credit and broad money suggest that upside risks to inflation are not yet fully contained.

In spite of some favorable background, Moldova remains Europe's poorest nation, resisting pursuing the types of reforms that have vastly improved the economies of some of its Eastern European neighbors. The Communist Party retained political control after winning the March 2005 parliamentary elections and re-elected its leader, Vladimir Voronin, as president in collaboration with the opposition. Although the government maintains a pro-Western stance, it has had trouble pursuing structural reforms and has made little progress on the International Monetary Fund's program to attract external financial resources. The parliament approved the government's economic growth and strategy paper in December 2004, but international financial institutions and Western investors will not be satisfied until the government begins to address fiscal adjustment, wage restraint, and payment of debt arrears. Despite the fact that the pace of privatization and industrial output has slowed, GDP growth was 7.3 percent in 2004, consumption continues to grow, and the currency continues to appreciate. The impasse in the pro-Russian Transnistria enclave, plagued by corruption and the smuggling of arms and contraband, continues despite international attempts at mediation.

Business and economic environment

According to the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, Moldova ranks 96th globally with the overall score of 58.5, a decrease relative to 2022. [32]

Rule of LawRegulatory EfficiencyGovernment SizeOpen Markets
ParameterScoreChange in Yearly Score from 2022ParameterScoreChange in Yearly Score from 2022ParameterScoreChange in Yearly Score from 2022ParameterScoreChange in Yearly Score from 2022
Property Rights37.9Decrease2.svgBusiness Freedom60.2Decrease2.svgGovernment Spending64.4Decrease2.svgTrade Freedom75.6Decrease2.svg
Government Integrity35.6Increase2.svgLabor Freedom46.6Increase2.svgTax Burden93.4Decrease2.svgInvestment Freedom55.0Steady2.svg
Judicial Effectiveness29.8Decrease2.svgMonetary Freedom71.2Decrease2.svgFiscal Health82.1Decrease2.svgFinancial Freedom50.0Steady2.svg

*Everything above 60 is considered to be Moderately Free.

According to the 2020 Ease of Doing Business Index, Moldova's Distance to Frontier is 74.4/100 (48th globally), an increase of 1.3 relative to 2019. [33]

Ease of doing business, 2020
ParameterDTF
Starting a Business
95.7%Increase2.svg
Dealing with Construction Permits
56.2%Increase2.svg
Getting Electricity
75.3%Increase2.svg
Registering Property
82.8%Increase2.svg
Getting Credit
70.00%Steady2.svg
Protecting Minority Investors
68.0%Steady2.svg
Paying Taxes
85.2%Increase2.svg
Trading Across Borders
92.3%Steady2.svg
Enforcing Contracts
63.6%Increase2.svg
Resolving Insolvency
54.8%Increase2.svg

*DTF (Distance to Frontier): Higher is better

Trade policy

According to the World Bank, Moldova's weighted average tariff rate in 2001 (the most recent year for which World Bank data are available) was 2.8 percent. (The World Bank has revised the figure for 2001 downward from the 3.9 percent reported in the 2005 Index.) A 2004 World Bank report notes a "range of informal barriers to both imports and exports in Moldova, such as cumbersome and restrictive trade procedures, corruption, burdensome and inappropriate regulations and high transport costs." Based on the revised trade factor methodology, Moldova's trade policy score is unchanged.

Free Trade Agreements

Currently Moldova has signed multilateral and bilateral Free Trade Agreements with 43 countries.

AgreementSignedEntry into ForceComment
Moldova–Azerbaijan FTA19951996
Moldova–Georgia FTA19972007
CEFTA 19 December 200628 July 2007
CISFTA 18 October 20119 December 2012
DCFTA 27 June 20141 July 2016Provisionally applied 1 September 2014 – 1 July 2016
Moldova–Turkey FTA11 September 20141 November 2016
EFTA-Moldova FTA [34] 27 June 2023 [35] Awaiting ratification
Moldova–China FTA [36] Under Negotiation

Regional developments

Countries tend to benefit from sharing borders with developed markets as this facilitates trade and development. Below is a table of Moldova's neighboring countries, their GDP per capita in 1995 and 2021, and trade values between the pairs. Their evolution is distinct as Romania went from a GDP per capita which was about 1.7 times larger than that of Moldova's in 1995 to one which in 2021 is more than 2.5 times as large. Ukraine on the other hand has decreased when compared to Moldova.

CountryGDP per capita,
PPP (current international $) 1995 [37]
GDP per capita,
PPP (current international $) 2021 [37]
Romania5,42936,277
Ukraine4,13614,281
Moldova3,14515,009

The Russian Federation for comparison rose from 5,613 in 1995 to 34,043 in 2021, slightly less than Romania.

Fiscal burden

Moldova's income tax rate has been a flat 12 percent since 2019.

The corporate tax rate for SRL companies has been 12 percent from 2012, since 2018 the unique tax of 7% for IT companies part of Moldova IT Park was implemented. [38]

The Sales tax (VAT) standard rate has remained at 20% since 2014. There are reduced rates of 12% and 8% for certain goods. [39]

In 2024, Moldova decided that companies in Transnistria and Moldova should be treated in a similar way as regards customs duties on imported goods, resulting in Transnistria import companies needing to register with Moldova and pay import custom duties (but not V.A.T., nor excise duties) to Moldova. This would also hopefully reduce smuggling of goods out of Transnistria that had been imported duty free, such as cigarettes. [40]

Monetary policy

Annual inflation rate hit 30.2% in December 2022, mainly as a result of the rise in world wide fuel and food costs, falling in 2023, interest rates are now also falling but remain high until inflation is under control. [41]

Foreign investment

The Moldovan government does not maintain many formal barriers to foreign investment, and the Moldovan embassy reports that foreign investors are free to "place their investments throughout the Republic of Moldova, in any area of business activity, as long as it does not go against the interests of the national security, anti-monopoly legislation, environment protection norms, public health and public order."

Since gaining independence in 1992, Moldova privatised most state-owned enterprises, and most sectors of the economy are almost entirely in private hands. The government keeping control of electrical distribution, railways, the state airline Air Moldova, fixed line communication company Moldtelecom and the country’s largest tobacco company. [42]

Invest Moldova was created to encourage inward investment, promoting the low levels of tax on individuals and companies. Free Economic Zones have been created designed for export-oriented manufacturing companies, Industrial Parks have been established to bring companies together and offer lower operating costs. [43]

Foreign direct investment is slowly rising, $587m in 2022, $410m in 2021 and $150m in 2020, with each year supplemented with $4.7-4.9 billion of loans, with manufacturing, financial intermediation, and trade being the main sectors. [44]

Banking and finance

There are no official barriers to founding foreign banks or branches in Moldova. The central bank the National Bank of Moldova has a responsibility to the management and control of all banks in Moldova.

In 2014 a major fraud took place, the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal which nearly bankrupted the country. $1 billion disappeared from three Moldovan banks: Banca de Economii, Unibank and Banca Socială. [45] In the week preceding the 2014 Moldovan parliamentary election more than $750 million were extracted from the three banks in just three days, with a van loaded with stolen files from the banks being burned. A number of people were charged, Ilan Shor was convicted but fled justice.

Major reforms to the legal framework of the Moldovan financial sector have taken place as the country progresses to implementing the EU`s legislation. By 2023 the Moldovan banking system is regarded as harmonized at a high level with the relevant EU community. [46] The IMF reported in 2023 that Banks remain adequately capitalised, maintain adequate liquidity coverage and healthy asset quality. [47]

Wages and prices

The government influences prices through the large state-owned sector. According to the Ministry of Economy, the state regulates the prices of goods and services provided by monopolies and the prices of electric or thermal energy, land, medical services, and services offered by local tax regions. Moldova has two legal monthly minimum wages: one wage for state employees and another, higher wage for the private sector.

In 2023, the average monthly salary in the economy was MDL 12,175 (approx. 630 EUR / 686 USD)

Property rights

The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that the "legal system has improved in recent years. Moldova has a documented and consistently applied commercial law." Nevertheless, much more needs to be done. According to the U.S. Department of State, "The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary; however, the executive branch has exerted undue influence on the judiciary. Many observers believe that arrears in salary payments also make it difficult for judges to remain independent from outside influences and free from corruption."

Regulation

"Bureaucratic procedures are not always transparent and red tape often makes processing unnecessarily long," reports the U.S. Department of Commerce. "[C]ommercial law is a confusing patchwork of narrow statutes and an outdated civil code. With USAID experts, a draft civil code has been developed which follows the current European practice of incorporating commercial law provisions." The same source reports that anti-corruption laws "are not effectively enforced and corruption exists at an advanced level." A report provided by the World Bank indicates that labor laws are somewhat rigid.

Informal market

Transparency International's 2004 score for Moldova is 2.3. Thereafter, Moldova's informal market score is 4 in 2005. In 2011 the corruption score for Moldova is 2.9, better than it was in 2004, concluding TI. [48]

Tourism

Tourism in Moldova

There are around 15,000 sights and 300 natural zones within Moldova, which represent a potential for domestic and international tourists.

Statistics

YearGDP
(in bil. US$ nominal)
GDP per capita
(in US$ nominal)
GDP
(in bil. US$ PPP)
GDP per capita
(in US$ PPP)
GDP growth
(real)
Inflation
(CPI)
Inflation
(End of Period)
Public Debt
(Government Gross Debt)
Public Debt
(Current Account Balance)
External Debt
(General government US$)
Total External Debt (US$)
20139.4963,307.323.9618,345.09.0%4.57%5.1%29.9%-5.2%1.3056.729
20149.5103,314.525.2188,789.25.0%5.06%4.7%34.9%-6.0%1.3206.320
20157.7262,715.726.2339,221.8-0.3%9.6%13.5%42.4%-6.0%1.3545.932
20168.0722,857.829.73210,527.04.4%6.4%2.3%39.2%-3.6%1.4816.056
20179.5153,422.631.58611,361.94.2%6.5%7.3%34.8%-5.8%1.7226.833
201811.2524,121.033.67112,332.04.1%3.6%0.9%31.8%-10.8%1.7067.321
201911.7374,376.635.50913,241.03.6%4.8%7.5%28.8%-9.4%1.7187.416
202011.5304,377.532.98712,523.5-8.33.7%0.4%36.6%-7.7%2.2558.088
202113.6945,293.239.25915,175.313.95.1%13.9%32.6%-12.4%2.6068.740
202214.5505,726.339.91815,709.5-4.928.5%30.2%32.6%-14.3%3.1729.593
202316.0006,410.942.21716,915.72.013.3%5.0%35.0%-12.1%3.48710.242

Moldovan economy in graphics

Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2017) [50]
Agricultural production growth rate: 2.5% (2018) [51]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Romania</span>

The economy of Romania is a high-income, mixed economy. It is also a highly complex economy, ranked 12th in the European Union by total nominal GDP and 7th largest when adjusted by purchasing power parity. The World Bank notes that Romania's efforts are focused on accelerating structural reforms and strengthening institutions in order to further converge with the European Union. The country's economic growth has been one of the highest in the EU since 2010, with 2022 seeing a better-than-expected 4.8% increase.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of South Korea</span>

The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.24 quadrillion. It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world. South Korea is notable for its rapid economic development from an underdeveloped nation to a developed, high-income country in a few generations. This economic growth has been described as the Miracle on the Han River, which has allowed it to join the OECD and the G20. It is included in the group of Next Eleven countries as having the potential to play a dominant role in the global economy by the middle of the 21st century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Ukraine</span>

The economy of Ukraine is an emerging, lower-middle income, mixed economy located in Eastern Europe. It grew rapidly from 2000 until 2008 when the Great Recession began worldwide and reached Ukraine. The economy recovered in 2010 and continued improving until 2013. From 2014 to 2015, the Ukrainian economy suffered a severe downturn, with GDP in 2015 being slightly above half of its value in 2013. In 2016, the economy again started to grow. By 2018, the Ukrainian economy was growing rapidly, and reached almost 80% of its size in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Uzbekistan</span>

The economy of Uzbekistan was formerly associated with a Soviet-style command economy, with a slow transformation to a market economy. However, in recent years and since the election of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has seen rapid economic and social reform, aimed at boosting growth and transforming Uzbekistan into a true, modern market economy. International Financial Institutions, including EBRD, Asian Development Bank and the World Bank are actively engaging in supporting Uzbekistan's successful reform process and have rapidly increased their presence in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Tunisia</span>

The economy of Tunisia is in the process of being liberalized after decades of heavy state direction and participation in the country's economy. Prudent economic and fiscal planning has resulted in moderate but sustained growth for over a decade. Tunisia's economic growth historically has depended on oil, phosphates, agri-food products, car parts manufacturing, and tourism. In the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report for 2015–2016, Tunisia ranks in 92nd place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Guyana</span>

The economy of Guyana is one of the fastest growing in the world with a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 19.9% in 2021. In 2023, Guyana had a per capita gross domestic product of Int$60,648 and an average GDP growth of 4.2% over the previous decade. Guyana's economy was transformed in 2015 with the discovery of an offshore oil field in the country’s waters about 120 miles from Georgetown. Making the first commercial grade crude oil draw in December 2019, sending it abroad for refining.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Austria</span>

The economy of Austria is a highly developed social market economy, with the country being one of the fourteen richest in the world in terms of GDP per capita. Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised. In recent years, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Bolivia</span>

The economy of Bolivia is the 95th-largest in the world in nominal terms and the 87th-largest in purchasing power parity. Bolivia is classified by the World Bank to be a lower middle income country. With a Human Development Index of 0.703, it is ranked 114th. Driven largely by its natural resources, Bolivia has become a region leader in measures of economic growth, fiscal stability and foreign reserves, although it remains a historically poor country. The Bolivian economy has had a historic single-commodity focus. From silver to tin to coca, Bolivia has enjoyed only occasional periods of economic diversification. Political instability and difficult topography have constrained efforts to modernize the agricultural sector. Similarly, relatively low population growth coupled with low life expectancy has kept the labor supply in flux and prevented industries from flourishing. Rampant inflation and corruption previously created development challenges, but in the early twenty-first century the fundamentals of its economy showed unexpected improvement, leading Moody's Investors Service to upgrade Bolivia's economic rating in 2010 from B2 to B1. The mining industry, especially the extraction of natural gas and zinc, currently dominates Bolivia's export economy.

The economic history of the Republic of Turkey had four eras or periods. The first era had the development policy emphasizing private accumulation between 1923 and 1929. The second era had the development policy emphasized state accumulation in a period of global crises between 1929 and 1945. The third era was state-guided industrialization based on import-substituting protectionism between 1950 and 1980. The final, era was the opening of the economy to liberal trade in goods, services and financial market transactions since 1981.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Algeria</span>

The economy of Algeria deals with Algeria's current and structural economic situation. Since independence in 1962, Algeria has launched major economic projects to build up a dense industrial base. However, despite these major achievements, the Algerian economy has gone through various stages of turbulence.

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