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Iraqi News
5 days ago
- Business
- Iraqi News
Iraq to launch new strategy to eliminate poverty
Baghdad ( – The Iraqi Ministry of Planning revealed on Wednesday that it is working on a strategy to reduce poverty in the country. The spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, told Shafaq News that a five-year plan is being prepared to help the people in need and most vulnerable members of society through different approaches, including health, education, housing, services, income, and food security. The government's approach also involves mitigating the effects of climate change, including drought, desertification, and the waves of migration that accompany these phenomena, according to Al-Hindawi. The Iraqi official added that the government's new approach will involve the ministries of health, education, higher education, labor and social affairs, construction and housing, local governments, and the private sector. The Planning Ministry has finalized the final draft of the strategy, and a public statement will be made after the necessary administrative procedures are completed, according to Al-Hindawi. In February, the Iraqi Ministry of Planning revealed the results of a socioeconomic study of families in the country, performed in collaboration with the Kurdistan region of Iraq, which found that the poverty rate had dropped to 17.5 percent compared to 20.05 percent in 2018.
Shafaq News
16-02-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iraq census: Demographic shift, poverty decline
Shafaq News/ On Sunday, Iraq's Ministry of Planning announced a decline in poverty rates and confirmed the release dates for the final census results. Ministry spokesperson Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi told Shafaq News that Iraq's poverty rate dropped from 21.5% in 2022 to 17.6% in 2024, crediting the decrease to 'government-led economic relief efforts.' Al-Hindawi confirmed that the General Census of Population and Housing results will be published on February 24, followed by detailed poverty figures on February 26, offering data at both national and provincial levels. Iraq conducted its first nationwide census in 37 years on November 20–21, 2024, revealing a total population exceeding 45 million, with an annual growth rate of 2.3%. Days later, on November 25, 2024, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced that Iraq's official population stood at 45,407,495, including foreigners and refugees, with 7,898,588 total households across the country. Al-Sudani detailed that males make up 50.1% of the population (22,784,062), while females account for 49.8% (22,623,833), with 36.1% of the total population under the age of 15, while 3.7% are 65 or older. The census also recorded 8,037,221 housing units, with 92.1% classified as standalone houses, 6.6% as apartments, and 0.4% as mud-brick homes.
