Moldova - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Moldova was 39.63 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 67.02 in 1965 and 34.76 in 2014.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 61.21
1961 62.58
1962 64.13
1963 65.62
1964 66.65
1965 67.02
1966 66.97
1967 66.36
1968 65.26
1969 63.90
1970 62.46
1971 60.57
1972 59.01
1973 57.74
1974 56.59
1975 55.46
1976 55.05
1977 54.37
1978 53.59
1979 52.95
1980 52.61
1981 52.43
1982 52.49
1983 52.72
1984 52.98
1985 53.26
1986 54.06
1987 54.92
1988 55.72
1989 56.35
1990 56.76
1991 57.17
1992 57.18
1993 56.84
1994 56.20
1995 55.31
1996 54.32
1997 53.25
1998 52.05
1999 50.64
2000 48.98
2001 47.25
2002 45.34
2003 43.36
2004 41.47
2005 39.75
2006 38.82
2007 38.02
2008 37.37
2009 36.82
2010 36.36
2011 35.88
2012 35.40
2013 34.98
2014 34.76
2015 34.85
2016 35.50
2017 36.47
2018 37.61
2019 38.70
2020 39.63

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Moldova was 17.44 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.44 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.76 in 1965.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 9.96
1961 9.90
1962 9.84
1963 9.79
1964 9.76
1965 9.76
1966 9.90
1967 10.05
1968 10.18
1969 10.27
1970 10.29
1971 10.35
1972 10.35
1973 10.35
1974 10.42
1975 10.57
1976 10.87
1977 11.21
1978 11.53
1979 11.74
1980 11.82
1981 11.85
1982 11.76
1983 11.62
1984 11.53
1985 11.55
1986 11.77
1987 12.05
1988 12.38
1989 12.70
1990 13.00
1991 13.32
1992 13.61
1993 13.83
1994 13.97
1995 13.99
1996 14.16
1997 14.22
1998 14.19
1999 14.13
2000 14.04
2001 14.09
2002 14.13
2003 14.12
2004 14.04
2005 13.87
2006 13.95
2007 13.97
2008 13.95
2009 13.90
2010 13.83
2011 13.78
2012 13.65
2013 13.49
2014 13.43
2015 13.55
2016 14.11
2017 14.89
2018 15.78
2019 16.66
2020 17.44

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Moldova was 22.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.26 in 1965 and a minimum value of 21.29 in 2015.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 51.24
1961 52.68
1962 54.29
1963 55.82
1964 56.88
1965 57.26
1966 57.07
1967 56.31
1968 55.07
1969 53.63
1970 52.17
1971 50.22
1972 48.66
1973 47.39
1974 46.17
1975 44.89
1976 44.18
1977 43.16
1978 42.06
1979 41.21
1980 40.80
1981 40.58
1982 40.74
1983 41.10
1984 41.45
1985 41.71
1986 42.29
1987 42.87
1988 43.34
1989 43.65
1990 43.76
1991 43.84
1992 43.57
1993 43.00
1994 42.23
1995 41.32
1996 40.16
1997 39.04
1998 37.86
1999 36.51
2000 34.94
2001 33.15
2002 31.22
2003 29.25
2004 27.43
2005 25.88
2006 24.87
2007 24.05
2008 23.42
2009 22.92
2010 22.52
2011 22.10
2012 21.75
2013 21.49
2014 21.34
2015 21.29
2016 21.39
2017 21.58
2018 21.82
2019 22.04
2020 22.18

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population