The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with the support of UN Women, produces statistics on women’s entrepreneurship, which currently have the status of experimental statistics.

The experimental estimates on women’s entrepreneurship are produced in accordance with Work No. 117 under Component 1 of the Statistical Work Programme for 2025, approved by Government Decision No. 897/2024.

The compilation of estimates on women’s entrepreneurship involves the development of statistical datasets from a gender perspective, based on two criteria: (i) the administrator of the economic entity; and (ii) the founders of the economic entity.

The datasets on women’s entrepreneurship cover the following areas:

• Business activity (turnover, number of employees, etc.);
• Business demography (number of entities, birth rate, liquidation rate, etc.);
• Export of goods;
• Business expectations and constraints.

No additional statistical data were collected for the compilation of data on women’s entrepreneurship. Instead, the statistical and administrative data sources available to the NBS were used, namely:

• Statistical Register of Statistical Units – for identifying the entity, its main economic activity and the size of enterprises, as well as for compiling indicators on business demography;
• State Register of Legal Units – for identifying the administrator and founders of the legal entity;
• State Population Register – for identifying the gender of the administrator and founders of the entity, as well as the age of the administrator;
• Databases based on the financial statements of economic entities – for compiling data on turnover and the number of employees;
• Customs declarations – for compiling data on exports of goods;
• Business Tendency Survey – for compiling statistical data on business expectations and constraints.

Experimental Estimates on Women’s Entrepreneurship

• Main indicators of business activity, by gender of the administrator, 2024 (in Rom.)
• Exports of goods, by gender of the entity’s administrator, 2024 (in Rom.)
• Presentation “Exploring the Potential of Economic Statistics for Measuring Gender Equality in Moldova” (in Rom.)
• Workshop, 2 December 2025, entitled “Unlocking the Potential of Official Statistics for Measuring Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova” (in Rom.)
  • Presentation “Experimental Statistics on Women’s Entrepreneurship” (in Rom.)