Planning: The percentage of the elderly in Iraq is 3.1%.

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[size=52]Planning: The percentage of the elderly in Iraq is 3.1%.[/size]

[size=45]The Ministry of Planning stated that the percentage of the elderly in Iraq is 3.1%, stressing the need to provide support for this segment.[/size]
[size=45]In a statement, the ministry stated, "The Ministry of Planning held a dialogue seminar on the security of financial aging in Iraq and the sustainability of public and private retirement systems, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization."[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, "The symposium aims to address the coverage gap in income insurance for old age in Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]A member of the expert team at the ministry, Adnan Yassin Mustafa, said, according to the statement, that “this symposium comes within a series of activities, to support the elderly (aging with dignity), and to link this variable to the increase in life expectancy and also to link it to the subject of the public works program and the financing process for retirement and skills.” And how to benefit from these energies, capabilities and potentials.[/size]
[size=45]For his part, lecturer from the International Labor Organization (ILO), Amjad Al-Rabi, said, “The aim of this symposium is to bring together policy makers with academics and local experts, to develop a number of solutions to face work pressures in policies and expand the coverage of social security and social protection.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Rabi added, “The percentage of the elderly in Iraq is 3.1% over the age of 65, compared to 25% in Europe, and it is considered small, so we have to cover it in an unsustainable general system for the draft law to expand the coverage of social security for the private sector.”[/size]
[size=45]He called for "presenting a set of perceptions and numbers to cover this gap and reach a specific situation for the elderly in Iraq, and include them in coverage, whether insurance or social protection."[/size]
[size=45]And the ministerial statement went on, that “the symposium was attended by the Director General of the Regional and Local Department, Dr. Muhammad Mohsen, and a number of representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and a number of ministry employees.”[/size]
[size=45]A spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, said in a previous statement, "The estimated projections of the Ministry of Planning indicate that the population of Iraq has reached 42 million."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi added, “The number was slightly more than 41 million people in 2021,” noting that “this means that we are within the normal rate of annual increase of one million people.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "Iraq does not express its fears about these numbers, but it sets policies to accommodate the population increase."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi stressed that "the current efforts focus on transforming the increase from developmental burdens into effective engines."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, “The country is heading towards a so-called demographic gift, when the proportion of the economically active population between the ages of 15 and 64 is about 60% or more of the population.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi noted that "the policies that will be worked on in the coming years come within Iraq's vision for sustainable development until 2030."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hindawi went on to say, “This is done by focusing on improving the level of health and education, as well as the housing sector, in partnership with the private sector, and paying attention to vulnerable groups, who are the young, the elderly, and people with special needs.”[/size]
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