The Number of Pensioners in Moldova Has Reduced in Recent Years

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the number of pensioners in Moldova has decreased over the past two or three years after a steady annual increase in the number of recipients from 2009 to 2018-2019. For example, as of January 1, 2021, 686,251 pensioners were registered with the National Social Insurance House (NKSS), which is almost 10 thousand less than a year earlier, when 696,011 pensioners were registered, radiochisinau.md writes. In the Northern Region alone, the number of retirees decreased over the year by more than 4,500 people - from 206,870 in 2020 to 202,304 at the beginning of this year and by more than 12,000 people compared to the situation on January 1, 2017. At the beginning of this year, there were 194,355 pensioners in the Central Region, which is about 2,500 people less than on January 1, 2020 (196,833) and almost 5 thousand people less than at the beginning of 2019 (199,124). The southern region registers a slight decrease in the number of pensioners: as of January 1, 2021, 98,194 people versus 99,504 people as of January 1, 2020. A similar situation is observed in the Gagauz autonomy: 32,507 people versus 33,100 people. Chisinau had 157,872 pensioners at the beginning of this year, which is about a thousand less people compared to the situation in 2020, when there were 159,016 pensioners. The NBS notes that the data does not include information on pension recipients on the left bank of the Dniester and in the municipality of Tighina.