Moldova | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 57.61313762
1961 59.23245104
1962 60.22718425
1963 60.37493772
1964 59.72733087
1965 58.29996441
1966 56.50856345
1967 54.79437251
1968 53.11665137
1969 51.44719827
1970 49.80092441
1971 48.21304032
1972 46.6949168
1973 45.21944649
1974 43.79640599
1975 42.47618707
1976 41.32005597
1977 40.42286438
1978 39.81065776
1979 39.50513922
1980 39.46244931
1981 39.56445089
1982 39.81117907
1983 40.28946542
1984 40.99462871
1985 41.72365114
1986 42.34670404
1987 42.81707283
1988 43.03364647
1989 42.91212387
1990 42.53356686
1991 42.04946047
1992 41.5292465
1993 40.93549633
1994 40.19347749
1995 39.26241105
1996 38.15162616
1997 36.93920242
1998 35.58083829
1999 34.04434268
2000 32.71523675
2001 31.63757419
2002 30.50025532
2003 29.39050135
2004 28.40212311
2005 27.51125215
2006 26.76769767
2007 26.17803701
2008 25.71928106
2009 25.43184096
2010 25.18288748
2011 24.89973269
2012 24.67522045
2013 24.60966778
2014 25.0163122
2015 25.83270013
2016 26.70760816
2017 27.52468376
2018 28.23400404
2019 28.84437285
2020 29.32936448
2021 29.74415879
2022 28.52317661
Moldova | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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