Human resources reprezent the most dynamic part of rural space and an important factor of rural prosperity. The significance of an effective management of human resources in rural space in Republic of Moldova is also supported by the fact that the highest percentage of the country’s population is rural. The goal of this paper is the examination of the evolution of active rural population in the Republic of Moldova. Also, we analyse the utilization degree of human resourses in rural space using indicators like : activity rate, imployment rate, unemployment rate, underemployment rate From the presented information, we can conclude that the evolution of the following indicators: activity rate, employment rate, unemployment rate and also the current underemployment situation, underline a low utilization degree of human resources in the rural areas of the Republic of Moldova and the need for more efficient actions, oriented towards a qualitative management of these resources.