Tuesday, 25 November 2025
The National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova reports that passenger transport activity increased during the first nine months of 2025, while freight volumes posted a moderate decline compared with the same period last year.
According to the latest data, public transport operators carried 245.5 million passengers between January and September, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year. The strongest growth was recorded in air transport (+39.4%), followed by trolleybus services (+8.3%) and road transport (+4.2%). Passenger numbers in rail transport fell by 49.2%, while river transport declined by 0.9%.
Passenger turnover reached 5.62 billion passenger-kilometres, up 19.9% compared with the same period in 2024, reflecting both higher volumes and longer average travel distances.
Freight activity presented a different picture. Transport companies across rail, road, river and air handled 14.3 million tonnes of cargo, representing a 3.9% decrease year-on-year. River freight increased by 13.1%, and road transport saw a 1.0% rise. Meanwhile, rail freight volumes decreased by 1.3%, and air cargo dropped by 38.1%.
Overall freight turnover amounted to 4.12 billion tonne-kilometres, also down 3.9% on the previous year.
The January–September figures highlight contrasting trends within Moldova’s transport sector: strong recovery in passenger mobility across several modes, but ongoing weakness in rail and air freight, reflecting broader shifts in regional logistics flows.
