NUTS of Moldova

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geographical standard used by Moldova in order to divide its territory into regions at three different levels of specified classes of its population codified by the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova (NBS) ^[1] . Moldova is a recognised candidate country for membership of the European Union (EU) and thus part of the classification. ^[2] The three hierarchical levels are known as NUTS-1, NUTS-2 and NUTS-3, moving from larger to smaller territorial divisions. ^[3]

Overall

Level	Division	#
NUTS 1	Moldova
NUTS 2	Western part (the right side of Dniester) and Eastern part (left side of Dniester)	2
NUTS 3	Six statistical regions: North, Center, South, Municipality of Chisinau, Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia and Administrative-territorial unit(s) of the Left Bank of Dniester river	6

Regions

The NUTS codes are as follows: ^[1]

NUTS-1	Code	NUTS-2	Code	NUTS-3	Code
Moldova	MD1
		West side (right side of Nistru River))	MD11	North Region	MD111
				Center Region	MD112
				South Region	MD113
				Autonomous Territorial Unit Gagauzia	MD114
				Municipality Chișinău	MD115
		The eastern part (the left side of the Nistru River)	MD12	Administrative-territorial units on the left side of Nistru River	MD120

References

1. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. "Classifications and nomenclatures". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
2. "NUTS–Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics: NUTS Maps". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
3. "NUTS–Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics:Principles and Characteristics". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.