Pension Markets in Focus

OECD pension assets amounted to close to USD 60 trillion, or 105% of overall OECD GDP at end-2021

06/02/2023 - This annual statistical report provides an overview on retirement savings and outlines the latest developments in the pension sector worldwide. It includes an extensive range of financial indicators on funded and private pension plans, as well as on the proportion of the population covered by such plans, the amount of pension contributions members pay and benefits they receive at retirement. The report also includes a special feature focusing on the potential impact of the war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the portfolios of pension providers.

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About Pension Markets in Focus

Recent years have witnessed intense pension reform efforts in countries around the globe, often involving an increased use of funded pension programmes managed by the private sector. These funded arrangements are likely to play an increasingly important role in delivering retirement income in many countries and privately managed pension assets will play an increasing role in financial markets, notably as a source of long-term savings.

Pension Markets in Focus provides detailed and comparable statistics on retirement savings around the world. This annual statistical report contributes to the effort of making data on retirement savings available, as the OECD Core Principles of Private Pension Regulation advocates for, to enable regulators and stakeholders to evaluate the design and operation of pension systems relative to their goals. These statistics can support policy discussions through international comparisons and peer learning, and are the basis of policy recommendations in the OECD series of Pension Reviews. These statistics can also be helpful to private sector representatives, journalists, academics and anyone interested in funded pension systems.