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

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