E/C.12/MDA/2
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Foreword...... 5
A: Section of the Report that describes the general provisions of the Report...... 5
FIRST PART...... 6
ARTICLE 1...... 6
SECOND PART...... 6
Article 2...... 6
B: The Section of the Report, which relates to specific rights...... 15
THIRD PART...... 15
Article 6...... 15
1.ILO Conventions...... 15
2 (a) Employment policies...... 16
(b) Job creation....... 21
(d) Professional and technical education...... 25
Article 7...... 28
1. ILO Conventions...... 28
2. The remuneration policy...... 28
3. Equal opportunities...... 33
4. Gender legislation...... 33
5.Limitation of the working time....... 34
6. Right to employment...... 39
7. International Assistance...... 40
ARTICLE 8...... 40
1.ILO Conventions:...... 40
2.The rights of the trade unions...... 41
ARTICLE 9....... 45
1. ILO Conventions...... 45
2. Categories of social insurance...... 45
4. Budget financing...... 55
5. Right to social insurance...... 58
6. Beneficiaries of social insurance...... 59
7. Legislation in the field of social insurance...... 60
8. Foreign relations...... 60
Article 10...... 61
1. International conventions...... 61
2. Family...... 62
3. Children age...... 62
4. Family assistance and protection...... 63
5. Maternity protection...... 63
6. Protection and assistance of children and teenagers...... 68
7. Amendments to legislation...... 72
8. External relations...... 75
Article 11...... 75
1. Level of living...... 75
2. Right to adequate alimentation...... 77
3.Right to adequate housing...... 88
4. Setting the level of the rent and supplementary accommodation for housing.....93
ARTICLE 12...... 98
1. Physical and mental health of the population...... 98
2. The health policy...... 98
3. The health budget...... 100
4.Demographic indicators...... 100
5. Measures to improve health...... 101
6. Health of the elderly...... 106
7. Primary healthcare services...... 107
8. Measure undertaken in the field...... 107
9. International relations...... 108
1. Right to education...... 109
2. Ensuring full enjoyment of the right to education...... 111
3. The level of literacy...... 117
4.Budgetary financing...... 117
Article 14....... 118
Article 15...... 118
1. Right to cultural life...... 118
2. Right to scientific progress...... 123
3. Measures of implementation of the right to scientific progress...... 125
4. Development and promotion of science and culture...... 126
5. Freedom of scientific research and creation...... 127
6. Legislative measures in the field of science and culture...... 129
ANNEX 1...... 131
A. Tables...... 131
Table 1 Economic and social indicators...... 131
Table 2Economically active and employed population, unemployed and in dynamics.135
Table 4. New jobs created in the national economy and placement of the unemployed by the workforce employment agencies 136
Table 5 Professional training of the unemployed during 2000-2007...... 136
Table 6 Expenditures for professional training in 2000-2007...... 137
Table 8 The amount of the minimal unitary salary for the 1st qualification category of employees from the financial autonomous units during 2002-2007, lei 138
Table 10 The dynamics of the minimal salary and the average monthly salary of an employee in the national economy, lei 139
Table 11 Situation of the industrial accidents which took place during 2000-2006....139
Table 12 Situation of the industrial accidents during 2000-2006...... 140
Table 13 Number of economic agents and number of minors who worked during 2001-2007 141
Table 14 Aid offered to children with families...... 141
Table 15 Indicators of poverty during 2000-2005 , ...... 142
Table 16Number of certificates issued to immigrants in accordance with the established quota, persons 142
Table 17 Characteristics of immigrants according to the origin country and the aim of immigration in 2007 142
Table 18 Indicators of the labour market in the rural areas...... 143
Table 19 Presence of engineering equipment and systems in the housing fund, (in %).143
Table 20 Indicators of healthcare assistance financing, 2003-2007...... 143
Table 21 Life expectancy at birth of the population of the Republic of Moldova, years 1995-2006 144
Table 22 Main demographic indicators...... 144
Table 23 Mortality indicators for years 2001-2007...... 145
Table 24 Indicators of the pre-schooling institutions during 1998-2006...... 145
Table 25 Pre-schooling institutions, on forms of property...... 145
Table 26 Primary and secondary general educational institutions on average...... 146
B. Figures...... 147
Figure 1. The dynamics of the ratio of activity of the population, 2000-2007 (%).....147
Figure 2. The dynamics of the unemployment rate based on place of residence for years 2004-2007 147
Figure 3. The structure of the State Social Insurance Budget in 2007...... 147
Figure 4. Dynamics of public expenditures for the social sector in 2008-2010 ( % of GDP ) 148
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Figure 5 Poverty levels based on place of residence (%)...... 148
Figure 6. Consolidated Healthcare Budget...... 149
Figure 7 Dynamics of the number of pupils in the primary and secondary general...150
education...... 150
Figure 8. Budget Allocations for Science...... 150
ANNEX 2...... 151
Observations to the FIRST PART...... 158
Comments for paragraph 3...... 158
Comments for paragraph 6...... 159
Comments for paragraph 22...... 167
Comments for paragraph 23...... 170
Comments for paragraph 32...... 172
Comments for paragraph 33...... 180
Comments for paragraphs 34-35...... 183
Comments for paragraph 39...... 187
Comments for paragraph 41...... 189
Comments for paragraph 42...... 190
Comments for paragraph 43...... 191
Comments for paragraph 50...... 200
Comments for paragraph 51...... 202
ANNEX 1
A. Tables
Table 1 Economic and social indicators
Indicators / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007*GDP growth rate, in % compared to the previous year / 2,1 / 6,1 / 7,8 / 6,6 / 7,4 / 7,5 / 4,8 / 3,0
Final consumption rate of households in GDP, % / 87,6 / 86,0 / 82,0 / 89,5 / 87,8 / 92,1 / 92,4 / 91,5
The ratio of gross formation in fixed capital in GDP, % / 15,4 / 16,7 / 16,3 / 18,6 / 21,2 / 24,6 / 28,3 / 33,3
The growth ratio of consumption prices (at the end of the year), % / 18,4 / 6,3 / 4,4 / 15,7 / 12,5 / 10,0 / 14,1 / 13,1
Average exchange rate MDL / USD / 12,43 / 12,87 / 13,57 / 13,94 / 12,33 / 12,60 / 13,13 / 12,14
Current account balance compared to GDP, % / -7,6 / -1,8 / -1,2 / -6,6 / -1,8 / -7,6 / -11,4 / -15,8
Total external debt compared to GDP, % / 133,7 / 113,3 / 109,4 / 97,4 / 72,5 / 69,6 / 74,1 / 75,1
Incomes of the residents from abroad employment and abroad transfers of employees compared to GDP, % / 13,8 / 16,4 / 19,4 / 24,4 / 27,0 / 30,6 / 34,5 / 33,9
Deficit (-) / surplus (+) of the national public budget compared to GDP, % / -2,5 / 0,6 / -1,7 / 1,0 / 0,2 / 1,5 / -0,3 / -0,2
Social expenditures compared to GDP, % / 19,6 / 18,2 / 21,4 / 20,7 / 22,0 / 23,4 / 25,4 / 26,3
Quota of population below the absolute poverty margin (incidence), % / 67,8 / 54,6 / 40,4 / 29,0 / 26,5 / 29,1 / 30,21 / ...
Big cities / … / … / 16,5 / 12,8 / 6,9 / 5,9 / 20,61 / ...
Small cities / … / … / 46,8 / 42,4 / 34,9 / 34,2 / 30,11 / ...
Rural settlements / … / … / 45,1 / 31,1 / 31,2 / 36,0 / 34,11 / ...
Quota of population below the alimentary poverty margin (incidence), % / 52,2 / 38,0 / 26,2 / 15,0 / 14,7 / 16,1 / 4,51 / ...
Big cities / … / … / 8,5 / 5,3 / 2,9 / 2,3 / 3,51 / ...
Small cities / … / … / 33,9 / 23,4 / 17,5 / 17,8 / 5,01 / ...
Rural settlements / … / … / 30,2 / 16,2 / 18,0 / 20,5 / 4,71 / ...
Indicator of poverty depth for the absolute poverty margin, % / 27,0 / 19,3 / 12,4 / 7,3 / 6,8 / 8,0 / 7,91 / ...
Big cities / … / … / 4,2 / 2,8 / 1,3 / 1,2 / 5,61 / ...
Small cities / … / … / 17,1 / 11,6 / 8,3 / 8,1 / 7,91 / ...
Rural settlements / … / … / 14,1 / 7,8 / 8,3 / 10,3 / 8,81 / ...
Indicator of poverty depth for the alimentary poverty margin, % / 17,6 / 11,6 / 6,6 / 3,1 / 3,2 / 4,0 / 1,01 / ...
Big cities / … / … / 1,8 / 1,0 / 0,5 / 0,4 / 0,81 / ...
Small cities / … / … / 9,5 / 5,5 / 3,6 / 3,3 / 1,21 / ...
Rural settlements / … / … / 7,5 / 3,2 / 4,0 / 5,4 / 1,11 / ...
Quota of population with an income per person below the poverty level of 2,15 $/day PPC (incidence), % / 64,5 / 52,4 / 39,8 / 28,9 / 27,8 / 27,6 / 13,21 / ...
Ratio of the 1st level of the total consumption expenditures, % / 6,7 / 6,6 / 6,8 / 7,5 / 7,2 / 6,7 / 8,21 / ...
The Gini coefficient for consumption expenditures / 0,37 / 0,38 / 0,37 / 0,35 / 0,36 / 0,37 / 0,321 / ...
Income of the national public budget compared to GDP, % / 33,9 / 32,1 / 32,5 / 34,1 / 35,4 / 38,6 / 39,8 / 41,8
Social expenditures in relation to the national public budget expenditures, % / 53,8 / 57,7 / 62,6 / 62,4 / 62,5 / 63,3 / 63,2 / 62,6
Ratio of private sector in GDP3, % / 75,0 / 76,0 / 70,5 / 69,7 / 68,6 / 68,6 / 70,7 / ...
Quota of persons employed in the private sector out of the total number of persons employed in the national economy, % / 69,9 / 71,0 / 71,6 / 68,8 / 68,1 / 67,9 / 66,2 / 67,1
Quota of the undertakings’ personnel with a number of employees below 10 persons out of the total number of employees in the national economy, % / … / … / 6,6 / 8,0 / 8,8 / 9,1 / 14,44 / 15,25
Quota of enterprises in the small business sector out of the total number of enterprises, % / … / 89,4 / 89,7 / 90,0 / 91,4 / 92,4 / 98,34 / 98,35
Quota of the personnel of the small business sector with a number of employees smaller than 50 persons, out of the total number of employees in undertakings, % / … / 23,6 / 25,4 / 28,0 / 30,2 / 31,1 / ... / ...
Ratio of the turnover of the small business enterprise in the total amount of the turnover, % / … / 21,9 / 22,7 / 22,2 / 25,8 / 25,6 / 46,34 / 45,35
Ratio of persons employed in the industrial sector compared to the employed persons in the national economy, % / 10,6 / 11,0 / 11,4 / 12,1 / 12,3 / 12,1 / 12,8 / 12,7
Indicator of labour productivity in big industrial enterprises, % compared to the previous year / 112 / 119 / 112 / 111 / 107 / 110 / 100 / 103
Ratio of the processing industry in the gross added value, % / 16,3 / 17,9 / 17,0 / 18,1 / 16,9 / 15,9 / 15,0 / 14,2
Quota of length of roads with rigid coverage out of the total length of national roads, % / 99,9 / 99,8 / 99,8 / 99,8 / 99,8 / 99,8 / 99,8 / 99,9
Quota of the housing fund with access to gas pipilines7, %: / 82,6 / 83,2 / 83,3 / 84,4 / 85,1 / 85,4 / 85,7 / …
In the urban area / 91,0 / 91,2 / 91,1 / 91,4 / 91,8 / 92,1 / 92,4 / ...
In the rural area / 78,2 / 78,9 / 79,4 / 80,7 / 81,6 / 81,8 / 82,2 / ...
Quota of housing fund with access to swage, on average of residents, %: / 29,4 / 29,9 / 30,0 / 30,4 / 30,6 / 30,8 / 30,9 / ...
In the urban area / 75,9 / 76,3 / 76,6 / 77,8 / 77,8 / 77,9 / 77,8 / ...
In the rural area / 4,7 / 5,2 / 5,4 / 5,5 / 6,0 / 6,1 / 6,4 / ...
Quota of housing fund with access to aqueduct, %: / 33,4 / 33,2 / 33,4 / 33,9 / 34,3 / 34,6 / 34,8 / ...
In the urban area / 77,0 / 77,2 / 77,5 / 78,7 / 78,9 / 79,0 / 78,9 / ...
In the rural area / 10,3 / 9,8 / 10,0 / 10,4 / 11,0 / 11,3 / 11,6 / ...
Number of domicile telephone lines in the public land network or with access to it, for 100 inhabitants: / 14,1 / 15,6 / 17,3 / 19,3 / 21,2 / 23,4 / 26,7 / ...
In the urban network / 24,5 / 26,1 / 27,5 / 29,2 / 30,3 / 31,8 / 36,1 / ...
In the rural network / 6,9 / 8,1 / 10,1 / 12,2 / 14,7 / 17,4 / 20,2 / ...
Number of subscribers in the mobile phone network, for 100 inhabitants / 3,0 / 6,2 / 9,4 / 13,2 / 21,9 / 30,4 / 37,9 / ...
Quota of persons involved in agriculture, hunting and forestry compared to the population employed in the national economy, % / 50,6 / 51,0 / 49,6 / 43,0 / 40,5 / 40,7 / 33,6 / 32,7
Quota of gross added value in agriculture, hunting and forestry in DGP, % / 25,4 / 22,4 / 21,0 / 18,3 / 17,6 / 16,4 / 14,5 / 9,9
National public budget expenditure for education compared to GDP, % / 5,7 / 6,0 / 6,9 / 6,7 / 6,8 / 7,2 / 8,1 / 8,0
Gross coverage rate of the primary education, % / 99,4 / 99,5 / 99,5 / 99,8 / 97,9 / 96,7 / 94,4 / …
Gross coverage rate of the gymnasium education, % / 90,2 / 91,1 / 92,3 / 92,2 / 92,5 / 93,0 / 90,5 / …
Ratio pupils/professors in education (day schools, gymnasiums, lyceums) / 15 / 15 / 14 / 14 / 13 / 13 / 12 / …
Number of children at 100 inhabitants in pre-schooling educational institutions / 65 / 66 / 69 / 69 / 70 / 71 / 73 / …
Unemployment registered for young people (15-24 years), International Labour Bureau, thousand people / 37,8 / 35,5 / 32,1 / 30,5 / 30,8 / 28,5 / 25,1 / 20,3
Ratio of unemployment registered for young people (15-24 years), National Employment Bureau, % / 15,8 / 16,3 / 15,2 / 18,1 / 19,7 / 18,7 / 17,3 / 14,4
Ratio of education coverage of population between 15 and 24 years (gymnasium, lyceum, secondary professional, secondary applicative, higher; all forms of education: day, evening, part time), % / 34,2 / 35,4 / 37,5 / 38,7 / 40,5 / 42,1 / 42,4 / …
Life expectancy at birth, years:
Men / 63,9 / 64,5 / 64,4 / 64,5 / 64,5 / 63,8 / 64,6 / ...
Women / 71,2 / 71,7 / 71,7 / 71,6 / 72,2 / 71,7 / 72,2 / ...
Population mortality rate (for 1000 inhabitants) / 11,3 / 11,0 / 11,6 / 11,9 / 11,6 / 12,4 / 12 / 12
Infantile mortality, below 1 year of age for 1000 alive newborn: / 18,3 / 16,3 / 14,7 / 14,4 / 12,2 / 12,4 / 11,8 / 11,3
In the urban area / 19,3 / 16,9 / 15,1 / 13,9 / 12,0 / 13,0 / 13,0 / 10,3
In the rural area / 17,8 / 16,0 / 14,4 / 14,6 / 12,3 / 12,1 / 11,0 / 11,8
Child mortality of below 5 years of age for 1000 alive newborn: / 23,3 / 20,3 / 18,2 / 17,8 / 15,3 / 15,7 / 14,0 / 14,0
In the urban area / 23,1 / 19,8 / 17,6 / 16,1 / 14,2 / 15,4 / 13,0 / 12,4
In the rural area / 23,5 / 20,6 / 18,5 / 18,8 / 16,0 / 15,8 / 14,6 / 14,9
Maternal mortality, for 100 thousand alive newborn: / 27,1 / 43,9 / 28,0 / 21,9 / 23,5 / 18,6 / 16,0 / 15,8
In the urban area / 23,6 / 47,8 / 23,5 / 15,6 / 7,1 / 7,4 / 22,1 / 21,9
In the rural area / 28,9 / 41,8 / 30,5 / 25,3 / 33,0 / 24,5 / 12,5 / 12,3
Mortality rate due to tuberculosis, for 100 thousand inhabitants / 16,93 / 15,0 / 15,8 / 16,5 / 16,8 / 19,0 / 18,6 / 19,6
Incidence rate due to tuberculosis, for 100 thousand inhabitants / 60,6 / 83,1 / 83,6 / 87,5 / 91,5 / 106,0 / 102,9 / 98,8
HIV incidence in the population between 15 and 24 years, for 100 thousand inhabitants of respective age / 11,9 / 10,9 / 9,7 / 6,1 / 9,7 / 11,7 / 13,3 / 14,3
Ratio of children below 2 years vaccinated against measles, % / 98,6 / 99,4 / 99,1 / 99,4 / 99,2 / 99,1 / 99,2 / 98,9
Ratio of Hepatitis “B” population incidence, for 100 thousand persons / 17,5 / 15,9 / 14,4 / 15,0 / 10,0 / 9,6 / 7,5 / 6,6
National public budget expenditures for healthcare compared to GDP, % / 3,2 / 3,2 / 4,0 / 4,0 / 4,2 / 4,2 / 4,7 / 4,9
Quota of expenditures for primary healthcare from the total amount of the expenditures for healthcare, % / - / 18,6 / 16,7 / 17,0 / 18,0 / 20,8 / 21,1 / 21,2
Quota of expenditures for preventive healthcare from the total amount of expenditures for healthcare, % / 3,2 / 4,8 / 4,2 / 3,7 / 5,0 / 4,6 / 4,4 / 3,8
Number of applications for urgent medical assistance for 1000 inhabitants: / 140 / 152 / 162 / 169 / 215 / 253 / 263 / 280
In the urban area / 256 / 269 / 269 / 260 / 291 / 313 / 321 / 331
In the rural area / 56 / 70 / 87 / 105 / 161 / 205 / 222 / 243
Ratio of malnutrition incidence for children between 0 and 5 years, for 1000 children of the respective age / 20,9 / 19,8 / 18,6 / 19,0 / 17,1 / 16,7 / 14,3 / 12,8
Expenditures for social assistance and support compared to GDP, % / 10,0 / 8,4 / 9,8 / 9,3 / 10,2 / 11,3 / 11,5 / 12,4
Number of pensioners compared to the employed population in the national economy, % / 48 / 47 / 45 / 48 / 48 / 45 / 49 / 52
Ratio of unemployment (according to the International Labour Bureau), %: / 8,5 / 7,3 / 6,8 / 7,9 / 8,1 / 7,3 / 7,4 / 5,1
In the urban area / 15,7 / 13,8 / 12,1 / 12,2 / 11,9 / 11,2 / 9,2 / 7,0
In the rural area / 3,4 / 2,7 / 3,0 / 4,5 / 5,0 / 4,0 / 5,8 / 3,9
The indicator of real salary (year 2000 is used as reference year), % / 100,0 / 121,6 / 146,7 / 169,6 / 186,9 / 199,7 / 228,0 / 246,9
Average duration of unemployment, months / 25 / 26 / 27 / 23 / 22 / 24 / 21 / 19
Ratio of long term unemployed, International Labour Bureau, % / 60,4 / 58,0 / 59,6 / 48,3 / 44,8 / 48,9 / 38,1 / 35,5
Relation of economic dependency in number of unemployed persons (inactive and unemployed) for 1000 employed persons, ‰ / 1408 / 1428 / 1413 / 1671 / 1745 / 1733 / 1824 / 1871
* Preliminary data.
... Lack of data.
1 Data is not compatible with the date of the preceding year.
3 Total economy, including public property.
4 Starting with 2006 – small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).
5 January-September 2007.
7 Natural and liquefied gas.
8 Through the holders of tourism licences.
Table 2Economically active and employed population, unemployed and in dynamics
Categories / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Total population / 3639 / 3630 / 3622 / 3612 / 3603 / 3595 / 3585 / 3576,9
Population economically active for 15 years and more / 1655 / 1617 / 1615 / 1474 / 1433 / 1422 / 1357 / 1313,9
Population economically active for 15 years and more, in total / 1515 / 1499 / 1505 / 1356 / 1316 / 1319 / 1257 / 1247,2
Active population - employed / 951 / 899 / 892 / 868 / 860 / 831 / 843 / 831,7
Quota of population economically active as in age for 15 years and more out of the total population, % / 59,9 / 57,9 / 57,2 / 51,6 / 49,7 / 49,0 / 46,3 / 44,8
Quota of economically inactive population for 15 years and more out of the total population, % / 40,1 / 42,1 / 42,8 / 48,4 / 50,3 / 51,0 / 53,7 / 55,2
Ratio of activeness of the population of 15 and more, % / 54,8 / 53,7 / 53,3 / 47,5 / 45,7 / 45,4 / 42,9 / 42,5
Quota of the employed population out of the active population, % / 62,8 / 60,0 / 59,3 / 64,0 / 65,3 / 63,0 / 55,1 / 66,6
Active population – non-employed / 564 / 600 / 613 / 488 / 455 / 488 / 414 / 415,5
Active population in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing / 766 / 764 / 747 / 583 / 592 / 536,5 / 422,4 / 408,6
Unemployed:
- according to ILB. / 140 / 118 / 110 / 117 / 116 / 104 / 100 / 67,0
- registered, yearly average / 28,9 / 27,6 / 24,0 / 29,7 / 21,0 / 21,7 / 24,5 / 24,3
Unemployment rate: - according to ILB (%) / 8,5 / 7,3 / 6,8 / 7,9 / 8,1 / 7,3 / 7,4 / 5,1
- registered, % / 2,3 / 2,2 / 2,1 / 2,0 / 2,0 / 1,9 / 2,0 / 1,9
Economically inactive population of 15 years and more / 1984 / 2014 / 2008 / 2138 / 2171 / 2173 / 2228 / 2263
Persons declared to have left abroad to seek employment or for employment / 138,3 / 172,0 / 231,3 / 291,0 / 345,3 / 395 / 310 / 335,8
Out of which:
Urban / 56,2 / 68,0 / 78,7 / 89,7 / 106,6 / 112 / 93 / 112,2
Rural / 82,1 / 104,0 / 152,5 / 201,3 / 238,7 / 283 / 217 / 223,6
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova
Table 3. Quota of activity of population of 15 years and more on age groups, gender and average for 2007 (%)
Total population / 15-24 years / 25-34 year / 35-44 years / 45-54 years / 55-64 years / 65 years and moreTotal / 44,8 / 20,7 / 54,6 / 64,5 / 66,7 / 51,3 / 11,9
Male / 47,8 / 23,6 / 56,4 / 63,0 / 66,0 / 63,7 / 16,5
Female / 42,2 / 17,7 / 52,8 / 65,9 / 67,3 / 41,6 / 9,0
Urban / 47,1 / 21,1 / 63,0 / 68,4 / 68,4 / 48,7 / 5,9
Rural / 43,1 / 20,4 / 47,2 / 61,6 / 65,5 / 53,2 / 15,0
Table 4. New jobs created in the national economy and placement of the unemployed by the workforce employment agencies
2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007New jobs created, total, thousand units / 25,4 / 28,0 / 37,9 / 36,0 / 27,3 / 37,2 / 87,1
Vacancies declared by the economic agents, thousand units / 33,1 / 39,7 / 38,7 / 40,3 / 41,1 / 42,4 / 48,3
Source: National Bureau of Statistics
Table 5 Professional training of the unemployed during 2000-2007
Years / Matriculated for training / Graduates / First time trained / Re-qualified / Further trained / Employed / % of employmentTotal
2000 / 6383 / 5253 / 3635 / 1497 / 121 / 2009 / 38
2001 / 3467 / 5325 / 4039 / 1151 / 135 / 2142 / 53
2002 / 7090 / 4846 / 3025 / 1253 / 568 / 1561 / 32
2003 / 4774 / 6000 / 4186 / 1330 / 484 / 3280 / 55
2004 / 5269 / 4628 / 2789 / 1160 / 679 / 3119 / 67
2005 / 4488 / 4621 / 3175 / 996 / 450 / 3170 / 69
2006 / 5090 / 4629 / 3268 / 1009 / 352 / 3185 / 69
2007 / 4381 / 616 / 3285 / 988 / 343 / 3425 / 74
Out of them women
2000 / 4590 / 3801 / 2577 / 1117 / 107 / 1446 / 38
2001 / 2407 / 3715 / 2777 / 816 / 122 / 1470 / 40
200 / 5286 / 3633 / 2219 / 967 / 447 / 1157 / 32
2003 / 3638 / 4543 / 3165 / 990 / 388 / 2320 / 51
2004 / 3894 / 3501 / 2071 / 892 / 538 / 2286 / 65
2005 / 3155 / 3323 / 2212 / 741 / 370 / 2279 / 69
2006 / 3781 / 3421 / 2329 / 818 / 274 / 2274 / 66
2007 / 3334 / 3551 / 2462 / 790 / 299 / 2550 / 72
Young
(16-29 years)
2000 / 5442 / 4326 / 3416 / 878 / 32 / 1562 / 36
2001 / 2979 / 4635 / 3824 / 735 / 76 / 1616 / 35
2002 / 5704 / 3669 / 2757 / 716 / 196 / 1161 / 32
2003 / 3597 / 4943 / 3993 / 758 / 192 / 2416 / 49
2004 / 3860 / 3381 / 2548 / 636 / 197 / 2104 / 62
2005 / 3544 / 3679 / 2947 / 588 / 144 / 2353 / 64
2006 / 3891 / 3596 / 2901 / 550 / 145 / 2266 / 63
2007 / 3625 / 3586 / 2979 / 496 / 111 / 2581 / 72
Table 6 Expenditures for professional training in 2000-2007
Years / GDP, million lei / Total expenditures of the unemployment Fund, thousand lei / Ratio of total expenditures of the unemployment fund out of the GDP, % / Expenditures for professional training of the unemployed, thousand lei / Ratio of expenditures for professional training from GDP, % / Ratio of expenditures for professional training out of the unemployment Fund, %2000 / 16020 / 22639 / 0,14 / 3736,9 / 0,02 / 16,5
2001 / 19052 / 19184 / 0,10 / 2864,0 / 0,02 / 14,9
2002 / 22556 / 21229 / 0,09 / 5440,4 / 0,02 / 25,6
2003 / 27619 / 20876 / 0,08 / 5938,3 / 0,02 / 28,4
2004 / 32032 / 23254 / 0,07 / 5798.3 / 0,02 / 24,9
2005 / 37652 / 27740 / 0.07 / 6467.6 / 0.02 / 23.3
2006 / 44754 / 42223 / 0.09 / 8788.9 / 0.02 / 20.8
2007 / 53354 / 36977 / 0.07 / 9545.1 / 0.02 / 25.8
Table 7 Average salary of women in % compared to the one of men
2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Total / 75,7 / 71,9 / 71,3 / 72,6 / 68,1 / 72,8
Agriculture, hunting and forestry / 86,8 / 85,7 / 83,1 / 83,7 / 82,3 / 84,3
Fisheries / 123,9 / 208,2 / 117,0 / 127,1 / 107,2 / 128,2
Industry / 85,0 / 78,0 / 77,5 / 77,5 / 75,7 / 79,3
Constructions / 73,8 / 70,9 / 74,1 / 78,2 / 74,1 / 80,2
En gross and retail trade / 72,5 / 78,2 / 69,0 / 78,1 / 79,6 / 81,3
Hotels and restaurants / 73,6 / 64,7 / 74,8 / 78,9 / 75,1 / 71,5
Transports and telecommunications / 89,9 / 88,1 / 87,8 / 86,7 / 82,5 / 89,3
Financial activities / 70,7 / 82,5 / 68,9 / 72,4 / 85,6 / 76,1
Real estate transactions / 105,6 / 93,0 / 97,2 / 92,0 / 86,1 / 93,6
Public administration / 78,9 / 90,0 / 89,6 / 93,7 / 61,0 / 78,8
Education / 77,9 / 70,9 / 75,5 / 81,8 / 86,1 / 82,0
Healthcare and social assistance / 78,3 / 83,2 / 83,6 / 71,9 / 73,4 / 73,4
Other activities of collective, social and personal nature / 70,8 / 69,8 / 68,8 / 67,7 / 74,0 / 74,3
Source: BNS
Table 8 The amount of the minimal unitary salary for the 1st qualification category of employees from the financial autonomous units during 2002-2007, lei
2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Minimal salary, lei / 100 / 100 / From 1.01.05-
200 / 200 / 200
from 1.04.07
400
Unitary salary for the 1st category of qualification, lei / from 1.04.03-
300,0
from 1.07.03-
340,0 / from 1.02.04 -
440,0 / from 1.08.05
550,0 / from 1.07.06
700,0 / from 1.06.07
900,0
Table 9 Main social and economic indicators which characterise the level of living of the population, years 2001-2007
Name of the indicator / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Minimal country salary, lei / 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 / 200 / 200 / 400
Available population income (average monthly per person), lei
USD / 241,0
18,7 / 321,6
23,7 / 422,4
30,3 / 491,4
39,9 / 568,6
45,1 / 926,2
70,5 / 1022,6
84,2
Nominal average monthly salary, lei
USD / 543,7
42,3 / 691,5
50,9 / 890,8
63,9 / 1103,1
89,5 / 1318,7
104,7 / 1697,1
129,3 / 2065,0
170,2
Compared to the previous year nominal
Real / 133
122 / 127
121 / 129
115 / 124
110 / 120
107 / 129
114 / 122
108
Average amount of the set monthly pension (at the end of the year) , lei
USD / 135,8
10,4 / 161,0
11,6 / 210,6
15,9 / 325,3
26,1 / 383,2
29,9 / 442,3
34,3 / 548,3
48,4
Compared to the previous year nominal
real / 160
150 / 119
114 / 131
113,0 / 154
137 / 118
107 / 115
101 / 124
110
Correlation between the average amount of the set monthly pension: (%)
Available population income
Monthly average nominal salary
Minimum of existence for pensioners / 56,3
24,9
33,4 / 50,1
23,2
33,2 / 49,8
23,6
39,1 / 66,1
29,4
56,3 / 67,4
29,0
59,1 / 47,7
26,1
55,3 / 53,6
6,6
58,1
The index of consumption prices, %
Annual average
At the end of the year / 109,6
106,3 / 105,2
104,4 / 111,6
115,7 / 112,4
112,5 / 111,9
110,0 / 112,7
114,1 / 112,3
113,1
Minimum of existence, lei
USD / 468,7
36,4 / 538,4
39,7 / 628,1
45,1 / 679,9
55,1 / 766,1
60,8 / 935,1
71,2 / 1099,4
90,6
Minimum of existence for pensioners, lei
USD / 405,8
31,5 / 470,4
34,7 / 538,4
38,6 / 576,9
46,8 / 649,1
51,5 / 800,3
61,0 / 943,4
77,7
Exchange rate of national currency, lei/US Dollars
Annual average
At the end of the year / 12,87
13,09 / 13,57
13,82 / 13,94
13,22 / 12,33
12,46 / 12,60
12,83 / 13,13
12,91 / 12,14
11,32
Table 10 The dynamics of the minimal salary and the average monthly salary of an employee in the national economy, lei
Types of activity(sections in accordance with the National Classifier of National Economy) / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007
Minimal country salary / 100 / 100 / 200 / 200 / 400
Total in the national economy / 891 / 1103 / 1319 / 1697 / 2065
Including:
Real sector / 1044 / 1245 / 1487 / 1830 / 2295
Budgetary sector / 685 / 828 / 992 / 1440 / 1625
On sectors of national economy:
Agriculture, hunting and forestry / 499 / 6436 / 744 / 915 / 1099
Fisheries / 586 / 860 / 1043 / 1191 / 1281
Industry: / 1271 / 1502 / 1765 / 2084 / 2541
Extraction industry / 1190 / 1599 / 2037 / 2624 / 3098
Processing industry / 1216 / 1418 / 1652 / 1914 / 2314
Electricity and heating, gas and water / 1535 / 1947 / 2324 / 2872 / 3596
Constructions / 1194 / 1639 / 1973 / 2429 / 2968
En gross and retails trade / 795 / 1051 / 1228 / 1555 / 2089
Hotels and restaurants / 827 / 975 / 1151 / 1384 / 1760
Transports and telecommunications / 1454 / 1786 / 2143 / 2549 / 3040
Financial activities / 2926 / 3255 / 3451 / 3863 / 4648
Real estate transactions / 1133 / 1382 / 1671 / 2052 / 2584
Public administration / 1050 / 1205 / 1363 / 2164 / 2389
Education – total / 610 / 711 / 882 / 1209 / 1351
General education (primary, gymnasium, lyceum) / 512 / 591 / 746 / 1080 / 1198
Secondary applicative and professional education / 646 / 808 / 1049 / 1464 / 1702
Higher education / 1332 / 1515 / 1760 / 2187 / 2467
Health and social assistance / 579 / 845 / 1017 / 1334 / 1703
Other activities of collective, social and personal nature / 671 / 802 / 1011 / 1302 / 1600
Recreation, cultural and sports activities / 574 / 653 / 796 / 1059 / 1338
Comment: without the data from the enterprises and organisations from the left side of the Nistru river and Bender municipality
Table 11 Situation of the industrial accidents which took place during 2000-2006
(number of victims)
Nr. d/o / Type / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 20061 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
1. / Number of victims who lost their work capacity for one day or more and who lost their lives / 667 / 642 / 606 / 662 / 664 / 652 / 630
Out of whom: women / 144 / 151 / 150 / 209 / 232 / 216 / 179
Teenagers until 18 years / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / - / 2 / 1
2. / Number of lethal consequences / 52 / 39 / 41 / 43 / 35 / 40 / 31
Out of whom: women / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
Teenagers until 18 years / 2 / 1 / - / 1 / -
Table 12 Situation of the industrial accidents during 2000-2006
(representation on activities)
Economic activity / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases / Total number of victims
(including lethal) / Number of lethal cases
1 / 2 / 5 / 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20 / 23 / 26 / 29 / 32 / 35 / 38 / 41
Agriculture and forestry / 130 / 12 / 99 / 14 / 93 / 9 / 91 / 9 / 103 / 10 / 64 / 13 / 42 / 4
Extraction industry / 6 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 14 / - / 7 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 9 / 1 / 13 / -
Processing industry / 166 / 9 / 213 / 9 / 176 / 7 / 253 / 7 / 248 / 6 / 243 / 5 / 205 / 1
Electricity, gas and water / 37 / 3 / 45 / 1 / 75 / 5 / 97 / 4 / 44 / 3 / 55 / 4 / 61 / 1
Constructions / 29 / 3 / 23 / 1 / 28 / 3 / 29 / 7 / 21 / 5 / 36 / 3 / 49 / 9
En gross and retail trade / 14 / 2 / 16 / 3 / 17 / 1 / 16 / 3 / 27 / 1 / 21 / 3 / 20 / 3
Hotels and restaurants / - / - / 3 / - / 2 / - / 2 / - / 2 / - / 1 / - / 3 / -
Transports, storage and telecommunications / 52 / 3 / 55 / 5 / 42 / 2 / 57 / 2 / 67 / 5 / 39 / 6 / 57 / 3
Financial activities / 11 / - / 2 / - / 1 / - / 2 / - / 4 / - / 18 / - / 18 / -
Real estate activities / 29 / 2 / 31 / - / 15 / 1 / 22 / 2 / 62 / 2 / 67 / - / 46 / 1
Public administration and defence / 147 / 16 / 109 / 1 / 99 / 10 / 22 / 2 / 19 / - / 33 / 3 / 32 / 1
Education / 12 / - / 20 / 3 / 12 / - / 31 / 3 / 16 / 1 / 20 / 2 / 26 / 3
Healthcare and social assistance / 28 / 1 / 17 / - / 25 / 2 / 23 / - / 33 / 1 / 43 / - / 41 / -
Other activities of communal, social and personal nature / 6 / - / 6 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 10 / 3 / 8 / 1 / 3 / - / 17 / 5
TOTAL / 667 / 52 / 642 / 39 / 606 / 41 / 662 / 43 / 664 / 36 / 652 / 40 / 630 / 31
Year / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007
Number of economic agents / 5864 / 5077 / 19680 / 20373 / 22596 / 25741 / 5663 / 5631 / 5598 / 5581
Personnel / 999486 / 823523 / 793735 / 774005 / 770771 / 763588 / 663074 / 654712 / 636801 / 634624
Out of whom persons younger than 18 years / 4101 / 2401 / 2040 / 2040 / 1357 / 945 / 725 / 668 / 660 / 802
Number of victims teenagers until 18 years:
Including lethal / 2 / - / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / - / 2 / 1 / -
- / - / - / - / 2 / 1 / - / 1 / - / -
Out of whom work under conditions which do not correspond to hygiene and sanitary norms / 20 / 20 / 28 / 6 / 6 / 3 / 2 / - / 4 / 7
Personnel constituted of persons younger than 18 years employed for hard work / - / - / 17 / 85 / - / - / - / 173
Personnel constituted of persons younger than 18 years who operate equipment contrary to security requirements / - / - / 4 / 3 / - / 85
Personnel constituted of persons employed in production chambers and buildings that do not correspond to security requirements / 2 / 1 / 4
Table 13 Number of economic agents and number of minors who worked during 2001-2007
Table 14 Aid offered to children with families
Years / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Number of offered aid / 70907 / 48042 / 38549 / 46813 / 54919 / 65983 / 340324
Amount, thousand lei / 2594,2 / 2767,8 / 4103,8 / 728,2 / 10546,9 / 18362,8 / 108644,1
Table 15 Indicators of poverty during 2000-2005 [1], [2]
Indicators and sources / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005Level of absolute poverty (lei) / 234.8 / 257.3 / 270.7 / 303.5 / 327.0 / 353.87
Level of poverty, % / 67.8 / 54.6 / 40.4 / 29.0 / 26.5 / 29.1
Depth of poverty, % / 27.0 / 19.3 / 12.4 / 7.3 / 6.8 / 8.0
Severity of poverty / 13.7 / 9.1 / 5.2 / 2.7 / 2.5 / 3.2
Level of extreme poverty (lei) / 183.9 / 201.5 / 212.0 / 235.5 / 258.1 / 278.52
Level of extreme poverty, % / 52.2 / 38.0 / 26.2 / 15.0 / 14.7 / 16.1
Depth of extreme poverty, % / 17.6 / 11.6 / 6.6 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 4.0
Severity of extreme poverty / 8.2 / 5.1 / 2.4 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.5
The Gini coefficient for consumption expenditures per person (middle level) / 0.38 / 0.39 / 0.37 / 0.36 / 0.36 / 0.38
Distribution 90/10, average of the equivalent consumption expenditures[3] / 10.45 / 10.85 / 9.40 / 8.39 / 9.10 / 10.28
Table 16Number of certificates issued to immigrants in accordance with the established quota, persons
Nr/o / Year / The type of migration / Procedure of protection and asylumTotally registered / Family / Work / Studies / Total / Applicants / Refugees / Humanitarian Protection
1 / 2006 / 1968 / 695 / 828 / 445 / 259 / 77 / 85 / 76
2 / 2007 / 2070 / 847 / 1002 / 221 / 230 / 79 / 89 / 62
3 / 3 month of 2008 / 773 / 296 / 245 / 126 / 231 / 71 / 93 / 67
Table 17 Characteristics of immigrants according to the origin country and the aim of immigration in 2007
Country / Number of immigrants / Including for:work / studies / Family migration
persons / in % / persons / in % / persons / in %
Turkey / 462 / 337 / 72,9 / 43 / 9,3 / 82 / 17,8
Ukraine / 394 / 72 / 18,3 / 34 / 8,6 / 288 / 73,1
Russia / 256 / 53 / 20,7 / 26 / 10,2 / 177 / 69,1
Romania / 197 / 128 / 65,0 / 9 / 4,6 / 60 / 30,4
Azerbaijan / 93 / 59 / 63,4 / 1 / 1,1 / 33 / 35,5
USA / 90 / 65 / 72,2 / – / – / 25 / 27,8
Italy / 84 / 74 / 88,1 / – / – / 10 / 11,9
Israel / 56 / 8 / 14,3 / 42 / 75,0 / 6 / 10,7
Bulgaria / 48 / 15 / 31,3 / 29 / 60,4 / 4 / 8,3
Other countries / 390 / 191 / 49,0 / 37 / 9,5 / 162 / 41,5
Total / 2070 / 1002 / 48,4 / 221 / 10,7 / 847 / 40,9
Table 18 Indicators of the labour market in the rural areas
Thousand persons
Categories / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007Total population / 2139,3 / 2145,7 / 2138,4 / 2131,8 / 2127,0 / 2120,1 / 2096,6
Population economically active / 950,3 / 943,1 / 810,9 / 786,7 / 776,2 / 739,4 / 724,5
Employed population / 924,5 / 914,7 / 774,5 / 747,3 / 745,1 / 696,4 / 698,6
Number of employees / 424,6 / 404,2 / 385,6 / 364,7 / 339,1 / 354,9 / 292,2
Unemployed according to the ILB / 25,8 / 28,3 / 36,4 / 39,3 / 31,2 / 43,1 / 25,9
Unemployed registered at the end of the year / 14,5 / 12,2 / 11,3 / 12,5 / 12,9 / 11,8 / 4,9
Population economically inactive / 680,9 / 685,5 / 833,4 / 872,7 / 897,6 / 951,5 / 954,9
Persons declared to have left the country for work or to seek work / 104,0 / 152,5 / 201,3 / 238,7 / 282,4 / 217,4 / 232,6
Quota of persons declared to have left the country for work or to seek work from the rural areas / 16,0 / 22,3 / 24,2 / 27,3 / 31,5 / 22,8 / 24,4
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova
Table 19 Presence of engineering equipment and systems in the housing fund, (in %)
Settlements / Aqueduct / Sewerage / Central heating / Bathroom (Shower) / Gas / Hot waterTotal, including / 34,8 / 30,9 / 27,8 / 27,4 / 85,7 / 21,1
Urban / 78,9 / 77,8 / 74,2 / 71,4 / 92,4 / 59,8
Rural / 11,6 / 6,4 / 3,4 / 4,3 / 82,2 / 0,8
Source : Ministry of Constructions and Regional Development