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Moldova, Republic of

Follow the food-system dependencies and response capacity behind the score. Explore 2014–2023, one year at a time.

Headline snapshot: all seven indicators weighted equally, averaged across 20 filled-in datasets.

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Composite score in 20230.2380–1 · higher is more vulnerable
World rank#146Of 178 countries · rank 1 is most vulnerable
Food-basket import dependency31.2%Calorie-weighted dependency profile

A decade in context

Moldova, Republic of
0.000.250.500.751.002014201520162017201820192020202120222023Moldova, Republic of, 2014: 0.208Moldova, Republic of, 2015: 0.204Moldova, Republic of, 2016: 0.204Moldova, Republic of, 2017: 0.208Moldova, Republic of, 2018: 0.205Moldova, Republic of, 2019: 0.207Moldova, Republic of, 2020: 0.239Moldova, Republic of, 2021: 0.213Moldova, Republic of, 2022: 0.299Moldova, Republic of, 2023: 0.238

Higher means more vulnerable. All countries share the same 0–1 scale. Shading shows the range across 20 imputations, not a confidence interval.

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YearMoldova, Republic of
20140.2080.208–0.208
20150.2040.204–0.204
20160.2040.204–0.204
20170.2080.208–0.208
20180.2050.205–0.205
20190.2070.207–0.207
20200.2390.239–0.239
20210.2130.213–0.213
20220.2990.264–0.315
20230.2380.238–0.238

The seven indicators in 2023

Bars use direction-adjusted normalized values: longer always means more vulnerable. Values beside titles retain published units; raw and normalized fields may reflect different imputation stages.

Food import burden

24.0%

Food imports as a percentage of merchandise exports. Source observations are three-year averages; 100% is the scoring saturation threshold.

Production concentration

1,064

Concentration of domestic production by tonnes. Heavy products can dominate this provisional measure.

Climate exposure

0.514

Normalized cereal-yield and population projections. This projection-based component is largely constant over the study window, not annual weather.

Adaptive capacity

0.440

ND-GAIN readiness. Higher is better: stronger capacity to respond to a shock. Darker shading indicates lower readiness.

Behind the import-dependency figure

The score uses bounded dependency values. These additional measures retain the underlying trade picture.

Gross dependency, uncapped
35.6%
Can exceed 100% for processing or re-export hubs.
Net import dependency
-194.4%
Imports minus exports, relative to domestic supply; negative for net exporters.
Self-sufficiency ratio
294.4%
Basket-weighted domestic production relative to supply.
Calorie coverage
97.0%
Share of basket calories with usable dependency ratios; standalone IDR ranking requires at least 80%.

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Research context: Raghvendra Singh, TU München, BSc Management & Data Science.

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Suggested citation: Mandawewala, S., Singh, R., and Doan, B. See the full source and citation details ↗

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Source: CEPII, BACI HS12 (V202601). Etalab Open Licence 2.0.

Source: FAO. FAOSTAT (Food Balance Sheets / Food Security), 2026. Licence CC BY 4.0. FAO does not endorse any products or services.

Source: University of Notre Dame, ND-GAIN Country Index, 2026 edition. CC BY 3.0.