€Cost of Living
Europe · Eastern Europe · 2025 price levels

🇲🇩Cost of living in Moldova

−33% Everyday spending in Moldova costs 33% less than the EU average.

Eurostat publishes no breakdown by category for Moldova, so this is the World Bank's overall household price level, set against the EU.

Against its neighbours

Cheaper than Serbia

Household spending, EU average = 100.

🇪🇺 EU100
🇲🇩 Moldova67
50% cheaperthan the United States for the same household spending (World Bank, 2025)
Living there

The basics

Status
Eastern Europe
Stay
90-day visa-free for most EEA citizens.
Healthcare
Travel Insurance recommended.
Say it locally

Seven phrases

Hello
Salut
Thank you
Mulțumesc
Yes/No
Da / Nu
How are you?
Ce faci?
Excuse me
Scuzați-mă
Check, please!
Nota, vă rog!
Do you speak English?
Vorbiți engleză?
Cities

Three places to live

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Google Maps Search Hub

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Useful Links

🏠 Housing & Rent

Link Description
999.md Classifieds: flats to rent

💼 Jobs

Link Description
Rabota.md Job listings

Links checked: October 2026

Where the numbers come from
  1. World Bank, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI: household price level, United States = 100, 2025. CC BY 4.0.
  2. Against the EU: the World Bank's level divided by the EU's on the same scale (75.0, from the countries both sources cover).