Moldova Ranks Last in Foreign Investment Among EU Candidates

Moldova has the lowest level of foreign direct investment (FDI) among countries seeking to join the European Union, according to the World Investment Report 2025. According to data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in 2024, the volume of accumulated FDI in the Republic of Moldova amounted to approximately $5.39 billion, which is 1.2% less than in 2023, but almost twice as much as in 2010, writes mold-street.com. This is the lowest figure among the nine countries that are in the process of joining the EU (with the exception of Turkey). Compared to Armenia, a country that is only hoping to start accession negotiations, FDI in Moldova is about a third lower, and compared to Georgia, where the European integration process is virtually frozen, it is 4.6 times lower. Serbia is the leader among these nine countries, with FDI reaching $62.46 billion, almost three times more than in 2010.