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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) presents provisional data (estimates) on the number of population with usually resident population in the Republic of Moldova on 1 January 2026, which represents the number of persons who were mainly resident in the territory of the Republic of Moldova during the last 12 months of the reference year regardless of temporary absences (for recreation, holidays, visits to relatives and friends, business, medical treatment, religious pilgrimages, etc.).

Începând cu anul 2026, instrumentarul Anchetei Forței de muncă (AFM) a fost revizuit, asigurându-se, astfel, armonizarea acestuia cu standardele Uniunii Europene din domeniu (Regulamentele UE 2019/1700 și 2019/2240) și comparabilitatea rezultatelor anchetei la nivel european.

National Bureau of Statistics informs that, in the real sector units with 4 or more employees and all budgetary institutions, at the end of the first quarter of 2026: about 32.3 thousand job vacancies were recorded; the job vacancy rate (the ratio between the number of job vacancies and the total number of jobs) was 4.6%.

National Bureau of Statistics informs that, in the real sector units with 4 or more employees and all budgetary institutions, in the first quarter of 2026: the average gross monthly earnings amounted to 15987,1 lei, and increased by 9,7% compared to the first quarter of 2025 and decreased by 2,3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025.

National Bureau of Statistics informs that, in january-march 2026, investments in long-term assets amounting to 6,2 billion lei, or 2,4% less than in january-march 2025 (in comparable prices), of which: investments in tangible assets amouting to 5,7 billion lei, or decreasing by 1,5%; investments in intangible assets amouting to 0.4 billion lei, in decrease by 13,2%.

As of January 1, 2025, the number of children aged 0–17 in the Republic of Moldova accounted for 553.0 thousand1, representing 23.2% of the usual resident population. The number of live births in 2025 was 22.1 thousand, marking a decrease of 6.6% compared to 2024.