Facts and figures about children in Moldova
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© UNICEF |
Population |
Number |
% |
| Total |
3,560,430 |
100 |
| Children under 18 |
745,606 |
20.9 |
| Children under 5 |
192,835 |
5.4 |
| Children born |
40,474 |
|
| Population living below poverty line |
|
% |
| General population |
|
26.3 |
| Children |
|
28.2 |
| Urban |
|
12.8 |
| Rural |
|
37.7 |
| Households with 3 and more children |
|
47.5 |
| Rural |
|
53.3 |
| Single parent households |
|
46.5 |
| Access to water and sanitation inside the dwellings |
|
% of households with children |
| Running water |
|
64.8 |
| Urban |
|
92.0 |
| Rural |
|
44.5 |
| Inside toilets |
|
37.4 |
| Urban |
|
76,3 |
| Rural |
|
8.2 |
HEALTHii AND NUTRITIONiii
| Child and maternal health |
Rate per 1,000 live births |
| Infant mortality |
11.7 |
| Urban |
8.6 |
| Rural |
12.8 |
| South |
11.2 |
| Under-five mortality |
13.6 |
| Urban |
9.6 |
| Rural |
14.8 |
| Maternal mortality |
44.5 |
| Urban |
41.9 |
| Rural |
45.6 |
| Nutrition |
% |
| Children under 6 months exclusively breastfeed |
45.5 |
| Women suffering from slight to moderate anemia |
28 |
| Stunted children under 5 years old |
8.4 |
| Rural |
9.2 |
| Poorest 20% households |
13.5 |
| Population using iodized salt |
59.8 |
HIV/AIDSiv
| HIV incidence and prevalence |
| New cases of HIV |
704 |
| Incidence per 100,000 population |
|
| Moldova |
17.1 |
| Excluding Transnistria |
12.4 |
| Transnistrian region |
42.3 |
| Adolescents 15-19 |
6.7 |
| Children 0-14 |
0.8 |
| Mother to child transmission, % |
1.7 |
EDUCATION v
| Net enrollment |
% |
| Preschool (age 3-6) |
74.0 |
| Primary (grades I-IV, age 7-10) |
87,6 |
| Urban |
95.4 |
| Rural |
83.5 |
| Lower Secondary (grades V-IX, age 11-15) |
84.0 |
| Urban |
90.2 |
| Rural |
80.8 |
| Gross enrollment |
% |
| General compulsory education (grades I-IX) |
90,7 |
CHILD PROTECTIONvi
| Children deprived of parental care |
|
% of respective group |
| Children in residential care |
8,106 |
1 |
| With disabilities |
4,272 |
27 |
| Children in family substitute care / household based alternative care |
7,270 |
|
| Guardienship and foster families |
6,952 |
|
| Family Type Homes |
318 |
|
| Per 100,000 children 0-17 |
|
|
| in residential care |
1,060 |
|
| in family substitute care / household based alternative care |
950 |
|
| Adoptions |
208 |
|
| Domestic |
162 |
|
| Inter-country |
46 |
|
| Children and Migration |
|
% |
| Estimated number of children with one or both migrated parents |
136,200 |
17 |
| Mother or father only in the household |
121,700 |
15 |
| Both parents are missing in the household |
14,500 |
2 |
| Households with children, having at least one migrated parent |
|
20 |
| Urban |
|
12.7 |
| Rural |
|
25.5 |
| Child Labor |
|
% |
| Estimated number of child laborers, aged 5-17 |
109,000 |
18.3 |
| 5-11 |
|
14.1 |
| 12-14 |
|
20.3 |
| Juvenile justice |
|
|
| Per 100,000 juveniles aged 14-17: |
|
|
| Arrested |
507.9 |
|
| Sentenced |
211.9 |
|
| Per 100,000 children aged 0-17: |
|
|
| Detained in prisons, pre-trial facilities and special schools |
19.2 |
|
| Detained in pre-trial facilities |
11.7 |
|
| Share of crimes committed by juveniles, % |
4.1 |
|
*excluding Transnistria, except where indicated
i Source: National Bureau of Statistic, Household Budget Survey
iiSource: Ministry of Health, National Bureau of Statistics, TransMONEE
iiiSource: Moldova DHS,2005
ivSource: AIDS Centre
vSource: National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Education
viSource: TransMONEE, National Bureau of Statistics, MLSPF, Annual Social Report, 2009
