Moldova Risk Assessment Indicators: District-Level Flood and Demographic Data

HeiGIT provides risk assessment indicators for Moldova at the admin level 2 (district) scale, derived from the GAIA Pipeline. The dataset integrates demographic, infrastructure, and environmental data from WorldPop and OpenStreetMap to support flood hazard analysis. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Flood risk modeling using the MDA_ADM2_flood_exposure layer to identify districts with high environmental hazard vulnerability
• Healthcare accessibility analysis by comparing access_pop_hospitals_30min against total female_pop or elderly counts to identify underserved regions
• Infrastructure planning based on education_count and primary_healthcare_count per administrative unit to allocate development funds

Strengths

• Admin level 2 granularity for all indicators across Moldova
• Integration of multiple authoritative sources including WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine
• Specific demographic breakdowns including children_u5 and elderly (65+) populations

Limitations

• Dependency on OpenStreetMap data which may have varying completeness for rural infrastructure counts
• Aggregated district-level data masks sub-district variations in risk or access
• Temporal staleness may occur as the data relies on static snapshots from WorldPop and OSM

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

Aggregated from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine via the GAIA Pipeline

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Moldova