Smallest number of Moldovans leave country under Filip government’s tenure, compared to previous governments, including the one Maia Sandu was Education Minister in
According to data from the Public Services Agency (ASP), 2017 was the first year after 1995, when fewer than 2,000 citizens left Moldova for good.
In the first six months of 2018, 843 applications came in from the ones deciding to move in to other states.
The largest number of departures was recorded in 2000 – 9,128 citizens informed the authorities about emigrating and filled in all the procedures required under law.
The figures kept falling in the following years, but started to rise again in 2005. In 2007, the number of the ones resolved to leave almost reached the record of the year 2000 – 9,005 people.
From 2009 through 2015, over two thousand Moldovans were yearly leaving the country, as 2,634 applications were registered in 2016. Later, the number of departures dropped.
Since 1995, almost 130,000 Moldovans chose to leave Moldova for good.
Year/Submitted applications
1995 – 4469
1996 – 3393
1997 – 6251
1998- 5909
1999- 7700
2000- 9128
2001- 7648
2002- 7077
2002 – 7077
2003- 8203
2004- 7621
2005- 7252
2006- 7968
2007- 9005
2008- 8583
2009- 6626
2010- 4577
2011- 3614
2012- 2736
2013- 2325
2014- 2196
2015- 2206
2016- 2634
2017- 1702
2018 (till June 30)- 843