rafidainscope - Economic expert Nabil al-Marsoumi revealed on Thursday (September 10, 2026) the details of the Kurdistan Region's demands in the 2027 budget, noting that the region is demanding an increase in its financial share based on the results of the general population census.
Al-Marsoumi said in a published post that the increase in the region's budget share is linked to its request to raise its allocated percentage from 12.67% to 14.1% according to the results of the 2024 general census, explaining that the total demanded share amounts to 29 trillion dinars.
He explained that these amounts are distributed as 6.4 trillion dinars for investment spending and 22.6 trillion dinars for operational spending, noting that operational spending includes 11.7 trillion dinars for salaries, an increase of 2.2 trillion dinars over the three-year budget.
The economic expert added that the region's demands also included a request for about 24,000 new job grades, as well as the regularization of 59,000 contract employees onto the permanent payroll in the 2027 budget.
Al-Marsoumi noted that the region's demands in the social protection and retirement file rose to 6.1 trillion dinars, compared to 3.2 trillion in 2025, including one trillion dinars to cover a pension increase of 100,000 dinars for retirees whose salaries are less than one million dinars.
