China's aging degree has intensified. As of the end of 2022, the population of over 60 years of age in the country exceeded 280 million, accounting for 19.8%of the total population, an increase of 0.9 percentage points from the previous year.
According to the 2022 civil affairs development statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China last Friday (October 13), as of the end of 2022, there were 2804 million elderly population in China at the end of 2022, accounting for a total of 2804 million, accounting for the total accountingThe population is 19.8%, of which 65 years old and over the elderly population of 209.78 million, accounting for 14.9%of the total population.
Compared with the data at the end of 2021, the population of 60 years old and above in 2022 increased by 12.68 million, accounting for an increase of 0.9 percentage points;One percentage point.
According to the bulletin, last year, China spent 42.3 billion yuan (RMB, the same below, about S $ 7.9 billion), and the funds for the elderly service funds of 17.01 billion yuan.
As of the end of 2022, a total of 41.43 million elderly people across the country enjoyed the subsidies for the elderly. Among them, there were 34.06 million elderly people who enjoyed the elderly subsidies and 944,000 elderly people who enjoyed nursing subsidies.There are 5.749,000 elderly people and 674,000 elderly people who enjoy comprehensive subsidies.
According to the international division standards, when a country or region is 65 or more, the population accounts for more than 7%, it means entering aging; reaching 14%, it is deep aging.
