Moldova | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 9.13285475
1961 9.20450821
1962 9.31821367
1963 9.47079572
1964 9.66879491
1965 9.89732432
1966 10.15182702
1967 10.42217306
1968 10.67526025
1969 10.89898116
1970 11.09131672
1971 11.245015
1972 11.36490605
1973 11.48369676
1974 11.62625159
1975 11.80305318
1976 12.01733429
1977 12.25194457
1978 12.46753187
1979 12.6186223
1980 12.67094975
1981 12.63423451
1982 12.5749496
1983 12.55548853
1984 12.62724741
1985 12.80070514
1986 13.09832557
1987 13.48408314
1988 13.85146616
1989 14.1803283
1990 14.45554386
1991 14.66683393
1992 14.9116701
1993 15.20189413
1994 15.397247
1995 15.48669552
1996 15.47259641
1997 15.40562331
1998 15.36270445
1999 15.33908448
2000 15.3701187
2001 15.41901125
2002 15.39572873
2003 15.26001187
2004 15.16200657
2005 15.1584783
2006 15.20235276
2007 15.26164357
2008 15.21313769
2009 15.01667855
2010 14.74989245
2011 14.54339133
2012 14.45013043
2013 14.65576397
2014 15.29144219
2015 16.12391367
2016 16.96616792
2017 17.76919844
2018 18.50923947
2019 19.2584143
2020 19.93468958
2021 20.43333677
2022 19.17684777
Moldova | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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