Final Evaluation of the HelpAge project Leaving no one behind Jordan currently has 500,000 people aged over 60 (Department of Statistics, 2016), accounting for 5.4% of the Kingdom s total population. According to the Global Age Watch Index, this share will rise to 8.6 and 15.4% respectively by 2030 and 2050. The index, which analyses the factors of social and economic well-being of older people worldwide, lists Jordan in 85th place out of 96 in 2015. While the country is middle ranking in the area of income security (58), the coverage with pension payments (42%) is below the regional average (49%). Other factors such as life expectancy at the age of 60 and access to job opportunities (additional income for retirement, etc.) are also below the regional average.
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