Moldova vs Romania: Total dependency ratio

Moldova

55.3%

in 2023

Romania

55.3%

in 2023

Moldova rank

115th

Romania rank

114th

Total dependency ratio over time

Romania currently reports 55.3% against 55.3% in Moldova, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Moldova ahead.

Moldova ranks 115th and Romania ranks 114th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total dependency ratio
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).