The total volume of direct investments in Moldova at the end of 2021 amounted to $4 billion 800.73 million and increased by 1.1% compared to the situation at the end of 2020.
Such data are contained in the materials of the National Bank of Moldova on the international investment position of the country. At the same time, direct investments in equity at the end of 2021 amounted to $2 billion 884.85 million, which is 2.6% more compared to the situation at the end of 2020, and investments in debt instruments - $1 billion 915.88 million, which is 1% less. In the geographic distribution of direct equity investments (in the form of participation and accumulated shares), investors from the EU-27 countries (excluding the UK) at the end of 2021 accounted for a majority share of 85.9% ($2 billion 477.01 million), to the share of investors from the CIS - 0.8% of the total accumulated capital ($24.27 million), and to other countries - 13.3% ($383.57 million). An analysis of direct investment - equity accumulated as of the end of 2021, by industry, shows that the following sectors accounted for the largest volume: financial activities and insurance - 31.7% of the total; wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles - 25.4%; manufacturing industry - 20%; information and communication - 5.2%; real estate transactions - 5.1%; transport and storage - 3.7%; construction - 2.7%; electricity and heat, gas, hot water and air conditioning - 2.6%; other industries - 6.5%. According to the NBM, in the banking sector of Moldova, the largest total volume of direct investments falls on the following countries: Bulgaria, Holland, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Romania, Austria, Greece, Iraq. In other sectors, the largest investors are Cyprus, Holland, Romania, France, Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine. // 11.04.2022 — InfoMarket
