The UN forecasts Moldova's GDP growth at 2.5% in 2026 and 2.9% in 2027
This is stated in the organization's new report, World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2026. According to UN experts, Moldova's economy grew by 1.5% in 2025. Data on Moldova's economic development last year is not yet available. The National Bureau of Statistics is expected to present it on March 11. According to UN experts' estimates set out in the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report, inflation in Moldova will be 4.6% in 2026 and 4.3% in 2027. It is noteworthy that in last year's January World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025, UN experts predicted Moldova's GDP growth in 2025 at 3.2% and in 2026 at 3%. As previously reported, Moldova's GDP in January-September 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, grew by 2% in real terms to 257 billion 347 million lei. According to preliminary estimates by the National Bureau of Statistics, gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 5.2% in real terms compared to the third quarter of 2024, reaching 102 billion 055 million lei. The budget for 2026 was drawn up taking into account the forecast GDP growth of 2.4% next year, to 377 billion lei. Earlier, the IMF raised its GDP growth forecast for Moldova in 2025 from 1.7% to 2.7% and for 2026 from 2.2% to 2.3%. The World Bank raised its GDP growth forecast for Moldova in 2025 from 0.9% to 1.5% and for 2026 from 2.4% to 2.7%. At the same time, it lowered its economic growth forecast for Moldova for 2027 from 4.4% to 3.8%. The EBRD lowered its GDP growth forecast for Moldova in 2025 from 1.8% to 1.5%, but kept its economic growth forecast for the country in 2026 at 3.8%. The European Commission raised its forecast for Moldova's GDP growth in 2025 from 0.9% to 1.6%, in 2026 from 2.8% to 2.6%, and expects economic growth of 3.7% in 2027. // 12.01.2026 — InfoMarket
