Moldova's 2025 budget: Key measures and economic impact
The 2025 state budget draft, approved by the government and set for parliamentary approval, includes several key measures:
- A 500-lei increase in the minimum wage
- Approximately a 10% salary increase for educators and Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel
- Approximately a 15% salary increase for medical staff
- An increase in the minimum public sector wage from 5,000 to 5,500 lei (~250 euro)
- An increase in the reference value (a base amount used to calculate salaries in the public sector) for public sector salary calculations from 2,100 to 2,200 lei
- Free meals for students in grades 5-9 in secondary schools starting September 1, 2025
The budget also aims to increase transfers to the state social insurance budget to provide wintertime monetary energy compensation for vulnerable consumers. Additionally, the minimum old-age pension for those with a 40-year contribution period will increase to 3,300 lei. Various social benefits, including those for victims of political repression and war veterans, will also be indexed and increased.
The 2025 budget projects over 71.5 billion lei in revenue, a 6.8% increase over the current year. Expenditures are estimated at 85.5 billion lei, leading to a projected deficit of 13.8 billion lei. This significant deficit indicates that the government will rely heavily on borrowing to finance the economy.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
