CHISINAU (Moldova), April 24 (SeeNews) – The World Bank said it expects Moldova’s gross domestic product (GDP) to increase by 0.9% in 2025, slashing its January projection by 3 percentage points (pp).
Moldova’s economic growth is seen to then accelerate to 2.4% in 2026, the World Bank said in the Spring 2025 edition of its Europe and Central Asia Economic Update published on Wednesday, cutting its January forecast for next year by 2.1 pp.
The World Bank reduced its estimate for Moldova’s GDP growth in 2024 by 2.7 pp from its January projection, to 0.1%.
The global lender expects GDP growth in its Eastern Europe subregion, comprising Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus, to slow down to 2% in 2025 from an estimated 3.1% last year, before speeding up to 3.6% in 2026.