国民年金納付率７７．６％　デジタル化推進で上昇―２３年度

　厚生労働省は２７日、２０２３年度の国民年金保険料の納付率が前年度比１．６ポイント増の７７．６％だったと発表した。納付率の改善は１２年連続。過去最低だった１１年度の５８．６％から１９．０ポイント上昇した。厚労省は、スマートフォン決済アプリを使った納付の導入といったデジタル化の推進が、若年層を中心とした納付率向上につながったと分析している。
　都道府県別では新潟（８６．７％）が最も高く、富山（８６．６％）、島根（８６．１％）と続く。最も低かったのは沖縄（７１．１％）で、次いで大阪（７１．２％）、福岡（７３．９％）だった。（2024/06/27-10:02）

The premium collection rate under Japan's "kokumin nenkin" national pension program came to 77.6 pct in fiscal 2023, up 1.6 percentage points from the previous year, the welfare ministry said Thursday.
   The collection rate improved for the 12th straight year, rising 19.0 points from the record low of 58.6 pct marked in fiscal 2011.
   The ministry believes that the promotion of digitalization, such as the introduction of smartphone payment apps, has contributed to the improvement in the premium collection rate, mainly among young people.
   By prefecture, the rate was highest in Niigata, central Japan, at 86.7 pct, followed by nearby Toyama, and Shimane, western Japan, at 86.6 pct and 86.1 pct, respectively.
   In contrast, the rate was lowest in Okinawa, southernmost Japan, at 71.1 pct, followed by Osaka, western Japan, at 71.2 pct, and Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, at 73.9 pct.