dijlahpoint - Economic expert Nabil Al-Marsoumi revealed on Thursday (September 10, 2026) the details of the Kurdistan Region's demands in the 2027 budget, indicating that the region is demanding an increase in its financial share based on the results of the general population census.

Al-Marsoumi said the rise in the region's share of the budget is linked to its request to raise its allocated percentage from 12.67% to 14.1% according to the 2024 census results, explaining that the total demanded share amounts to 29 trillion dinars, distributed as 6.4 trillion dinars for investment spending and 22.6 trillion dinars for operational spending, the latter including 11.7 trillion dinars for salaries, an increase of 2.2 trillion dinars over the three-year budget.

He added that the region's demands included claiming about 24,000 new job grades, as well as regularizing 59,000 contract employees on the permanent payroll in the 2027 budget, noting that the region's demands in social protection and retirement rose to 6.1 trillion dinars compared to 3.2 trillion in 2025, including one trillion dinars to cover a 100,000-dinar salary increase for retirees whose pensions are below one million dinars.