In 33 years, Transnistria went from 17% of the total population and 40% of the total GDP all the way down to 11% of the total population and less than 10% of the total GDP.
80% of their exports are headed towards the EU nowadays.
For more than 30 years, most of the Transnistrian economy was hanging on a single fat beautiful thread: the free gas from Russia (amounting to $10b in total across the years, if I remember correctly). This long tradition of free lunches might end very soon if Ukraine (as they claim) will actually block the transit of Russian gas starting from January 2025. Transnistria will still be able to receive gas from Moldova, but they won’t get it for free anymore, it will be at market prices. Anyway, we’ll see how it goes.
If not for the poverty-fueled depopulation over the last 35 years, this piece of land (and I’m talking about the whole country) could easily hold 5-10 million people.
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In 33 years, Transnistria went from 17% of the total population and 40% of the total GDP all the way down to 11% of the total population and less than 10% of the total GDP.
80% of their exports are headed towards the EU nowadays.
For more than 30 years, most of the Transnistrian economy was hanging on a single fat beautiful thread: the free gas from Russia (amounting to $10b in total across the years, if I remember correctly). This long tradition of free lunches might end very soon if Ukraine (as they claim) will actually block the transit of Russian gas starting from January 2025. Transnistria will still be able to receive gas from Moldova, but they won’t get it for free anymore, it will be at market prices. Anyway, we’ll see how it goes.
If not for the poverty-fueled depopulation over the last 35 years, this piece of land (and I’m talking about the whole country) could easily hold 5-10 million people.
[Source](https://ionita.md/2024/06/28/157-analize-economice-populatia-moldovei/) with even more graphs.
The leaders of Moldova are can be very proud.
Now that’s a power point template I’ve not seen in a while!
It would be interesting to see it’s population before WW2