Data and Functional Business Analyst, Short-Term

Background

In 2025, the Republic of Moldova continues to navigate a challenging socioeconomic and geopolitical context. The country is transitioning from crisis response to longer-term resilience building, while its reform agenda - centered on economic modernization, energy transition, and governance strengthening - is being tested amid rising regional risks, growing public expectations, and constrained fiscal space.

Economic performance in 2024 was modest, with GDP growing by just 0.1% over the year. Weakened external demand and persistent supply-side disruptions—particularly in agriculture—contributed to this slowdown. While stabilizing food and energy prices helped bring inflation back to 5%, within the National Bank’s target range, Moldova’s fiscal deficit remained elevated at 5.1% of GDP, due to sustained social spending and public investment.

As of January 2025, a sharp increase in electricity tariffs risks reigniting inflationary pressures and weakening household purchasing power—posing additional threats to economic stability and social cohesion.

The political landscape remains dynamic, shaped by the formal launch of EU accession negotiations in June 2024, the rollout of the €1.9 billion EU Growth Plan, and the approaching parliamentary elections in September 2025.

The demographic decline and sustained emigration continue to pose structural challenges. The country faces deepening labour shortages, an aging workforce, and a shrinking tax base. These trends are mirrored in the findings of Moldova’s national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)6, which reveals that 25.6% of the population experienced overlapping deprivations across employment, education, living standards, and health in 2024.

Agriculture continues to be a central economic sector, employing over a fifth of the workforce and contributing around 12% of GDP. Including food processing, the agri-food sector accounts for 16% of GDP and 45% of total exports. Moldov