Moldova | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Moldova
Records
63
Source
Moldova | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
66.74599238 1960
68.43695925 1961
69.54539792 1962
69.84573345 1963
69.39612578 1964
68.19728873 1965
66.66039047 1966
65.21654558 1967
63.79191162 1968
62.34617942 1969
60.89224113 1970
59.45805532 1971
58.05982285 1972
56.70314325 1973
55.42265758 1974
54.27924025 1975
53.33739026 1976
52.67480895 1977
52.27818964 1978
52.12376152 1979
52.13339905 1980
52.1986854 1981
52.38612867 1982
52.84495395 1983
53.62187612 1984
54.52435628 1985
55.4450296 1986
56.30115597 1987
56.88511263 1988
57.09245218 1989
56.98911072 1990
56.7162944 1991
56.4409166 1992
56.13739046 1993
55.59072449 1994
54.74910657 1995
53.62422257 1996
52.34482573 1997
50.94354274 1998
49.38342716 1999
48.08535546 2000
47.05658544 2001
45.89598406 2002
44.65051322 2003
43.56412968 2004
42.66973045 2005
41.97005043 2006
41.43968058 2007
40.93241875 2008
40.44851952 2009
39.93277993 2010
39.44312401 2011
39.12535087 2012
39.26543175 2013
40.3077544 2014
41.9566138 2015
43.67377607 2016
45.2938822 2017
46.74324351 2018
48.10278714 2019
49.26405406 2020
50.17749555 2021
47.70002438 2022
Moldova | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Moldova
Records
63
Source