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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2016</h1>
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<h1>Iraq</h1>
<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00&nbsp;= 1,166&nbsp;dinars.</div>
<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956 (provident fund).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1971 (social insurance), 2014 (retirement), and 2014 (social assistance).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed persons.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special systems for public-sector employees and military and police personnel.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social assistance (social welfare program):</span> Citizens and residents of Iraq with household per capita income below the national poverty line.</p>
<p>The national per capita poverty line is 105,000&nbsp;dinars a month (2014).</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 4.1% of monthly earnings.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions is based on the minimum wage in the insured's profession.</p>
<p>The insured's contributions also finance sickness, maternity, and work injury benefits.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 9.9% of monthly payroll; 15% of monthly payroll for employers in the oil sector.</p>
<p>The minimum earnings used to calculate contributions is based on the minimum wage in the insured's profession.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> A subsidy may be provided.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> The total cost.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension (social insurance):</span> Age&nbsp;60 (men) or age&nbsp;55 (women) with at least 20&nbsp;years of contributions; at any age with at least 30&nbsp;years (men) or 25&nbsp;years (women) of contributions.</p>
<p>Employment must cease.</p>
<p>The pension is payable abroad in certain cases.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement (social insurance):</span> Age&nbsp;60 (men) or age&nbsp;55 (women) and does not meet the contribution requirements for a social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program <span class="nobr">old-age</span> allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Age&nbsp;60 (men) or age&nbsp;55 (women), unable to work, and does not qualify for any social insurance pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> Assessed with a permanent or <span class="nobr">long-term</span> loss of working capacity of at least 91%.</p>
<p>Partial disability: Assessed with a permanent or <span class="nobr">long-term</span> loss of working capacity of 35% to 90%.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program disability allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Unable to work due to illness or physical or mental disability and does not qualify for any social insurance pension.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension (social insurance):</span> The deceased received or was entitled to receive a social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or full disability pension (assessed disability of at least 91%) at the time of death.</p>
<p>Eligible survivors include <span class="nobr">widow(er)s,</span> orphans, a dependent mother, father, sister, or brother.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program survivor allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to widows and divorced women older than age&nbsp;63, to women who were abandoned by their husbands or whose husbands are missing, and to full orphans younger than age&nbsp;18. Must not qualify for any social insurance pension.</p>
<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension (social insurance):</span> 2.5% of the insured's average monthly earnings during the last three years multiplied by the number of months of contributions, divided by 12 is paid.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement (social insurance):</span> A lump sum of the average monthly earnings paid in the last three years times the number of years of service, is paid.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program <span class="nobr">old-age</span> allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> The difference between monthly household per capita income and 105,000&nbsp;dinars is paid, up to 420,000&nbsp;dinars a month for a family with at least four members.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted on an ad&nbsp;hoc basis.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> 2.5% of the insured's average monthly earnings during the last three years times the number of months of contributions, divided by 12 is paid.</p>
<p>Partial disability: A percentage of the full pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program disability allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> The difference between monthly household per capita income and 105,000&nbsp;dinars is paid, up to 420,000&nbsp;dinars a month for a family with at least four members.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted on an ad&nbsp;hoc basis.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension (social insurance):</span> 60% of the social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to a surviving spouse.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension (social insurance):</span> 40% of the social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each son younger than age&nbsp;17 (age&nbsp;27 if a student; no limit if disabled) and each unmarried daughter younger than age&nbsp;17; 60% for a full orphan.</p>
<p>If there are no other survivors, 40% of the social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to a dependent mother, father, sister, or brother.</p>
<p>The maximum total combined survivor pension is 100% of the social insurance <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program survivor allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> The difference between monthly household per capita income and 105,000&nbsp;dinars is paid, up to 420,000&nbsp;dinars a month for a family with at least four members.</p>
<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted on an ad&nbsp;hoc basis.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provides general supervision.</p>
<p>Department of Social Security and Pensions for Workers administers the social insurance program.</p>
<p>Social Protection Authority Administers the social assistance program.</p>
<p>Ministry of Planning determines the national poverty line.</p>
<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956 (provident fund) and 1987 (labor code).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1971 (social insurance) and 2015 (labor code).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash and medical benefits.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash benefits:</span> Employed persons.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Exclusions:</span> Self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special systems for public-sector employees and military and police personnel.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Citizens of Iraq.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> 1% of monthly payroll; 3% for employers in the oil industry.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> A subsidy may be provided.</p>
<p><span class="h5">Medical benefits:</span> The total cost.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Cash and medical benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period. Must provide a medical certificate for cash sickness benefits.</p>
<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> 75% of the insured's average earnings during the three months before the incapacity began is paid after an eight-day waiting period (the employer pays 100% of the insured's average earnings during the first eight days) for up to six months (may be extended to two years at 100% of the insured's average earnings for incurable or malignant diseases).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of the insured's earnings is paid for 14&nbsp;weeks, beginning up to eight weeks before the expected date of childbirth; may be extended for up to nine months for multiple births or if there are complications resulting from childbirth.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Maternity grant:</span> If leaving employment because of pregnancy, a lump sum of one month's benefit for each year of contributions is paid.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Government health care centers and hospitals funded by the Department of Social Security and Pensions for Workers provide health care services. Benefits include general and specialist care, hospitalization, surgery, medicines, <span class="nobr">X-rays,</span> appliances, laboratory services, and rehabilitation.</p>
<p>A small private health care sector exists.</p>
<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provides general supervision.</p>
<p>Department of Social Security and Pensions for Workers administers the programs.</p>
<h2>Work Injury</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1936.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1971 (social insurance) and 2015 (labor code).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
<p>Note: This information is more than 10&nbsp;years old.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Employed persons.</p>
<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
<p>Special systems for public-sector employees and military and police personnel.</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2% of monthly payroll; 3% for employers in the oil industry.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> A subsidy may be provided.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p>There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
<p>100% of the insured's last earnings before the disability began (and the insured paid contributions) is paid after an eight-day waiting period until recovery or certification of permanent disability. The employer must pay full wages for the first eight days after the disability began.</p>
<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> 80% of the insured's average earnings is paid if the insured is assessed with a total disability.</p>
<p>The minimum disability pension is the minimum wage in the insured's profession.</p>
<p>Partial disability: For an assessed disability of at least 32%, a percentage of the full pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability; for an assessed disability of less than 32%, a lump sum of four years' of the insured's partial disability pension is paid.</p>
<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
<p>The Ministry of Health, local authorities, and private clinics provide health care services. Benefits include general medical care, home visits, surgery, specialist care, hospitalization, and prescribed medicines.</p>
<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> 60% of the permanent total disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid. A lump sum of four years of the partial disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to the widow or to a dependent disabled widower.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 40% of the pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid (60% if a full orphan) for each son younger than age&nbsp;17 (age&nbsp;27 if a student; no limit if disabled) and each unmarried daughter under age&nbsp;17.</p>
<p>If there are no other survivors, 40% of the deceased's pension is paid for a dependent mother, father, sister, or brother younger than age&nbsp;16.</p>
<p>The maximum survivor pension is 100% of the deceased's pension.</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provides general supervision.</p>
<p>Department of Social Security and Pensions for Workers administers contributions and benefits.</p>
<h2>Unemployment</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p>Labor law (2015) requires employers to provide severance pay in cases of company closure or downsizing, death of the employer or employee, mutual termination of a contract, employee resignation or retirement, prolonged illness (more than six months) or incapacity (at least 75%). The amount is two weeks' pay for each year of service.</p>
<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
<p><span class="h4">First and current law:</span> 2014 (social protection).</p>
<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social assistance system.</p>
<h3>Coverage</h3>
<p>Citizens and residents of Iraq with household per capita income below the national poverty line.</p>
<p>The national per capita poverty line is 105,000&nbsp;dinars a month (2014).</p>
<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> None.</p>
<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> The total cost.</p>
<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program family allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> Paid to the family of a person who has been incarcerated for at least a year; an unmarried woman older than age&nbsp;35 or older than age&nbsp;18 and not living with her parents; a ward of the state; and married couples who are students. Must not qualify for any social insurance pension.</p>
<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
<p><span class="h4">Social welfare program family allowance (social assistance, means tested):</span> The difference between monthly household per capita income and 105,000&nbsp;dinars is paid, up to 420,000&nbsp;dinars a month for a family with at least four members.</p>
<p>The allowance ceases if the insured leaves Iraq for more than six months or refuses to attend work training programs (if the insured is capable of work).</p>
<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
<p>Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provides general supervision.</p>
<p>Social Protection Authority administers the program.</p>
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