Moldova’s economy expanded by 0.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating from 0.4% growth in the previous period. The pickup was mainly driven by exports, which surged 13.6% and contributed 4.1 percentage points to GDP growth, while household consumption rose 1.2% and contributed 1.0 pp. Gross fixed capital formation increased 3.2%, adding 0.8 pp, while public consumption rose 1.8% and contributed 0.3 pp. On the supply side, manufacturing led growth, with value added rising 6.7% and contributing 0.5 pp, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing (+9.4%; +0.4 pp) and energy (+20.9%; +0.3 pp). In contrast, information and communications (-7.9%; -0.6 pp) and construction (-7.5%; -0.5 pp) were the main drags. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP rose 1.4%, following a 1.1% contraction in Q1. In the first half of the year, GDP grew 0.6% compared to the same period last year.