In 2022, the Netherlands had the highest ratio of pension assets to gross domestic product (GDP). A pension fund is any plan, fund, or scheme that provides retirement income. The Netherlands had 165.63 percent of its GDP invested in retirement funds that year, followed by Switzerland with 133 percent. The third-place ranking is completed by Canada, with 130.91 percent of its GDP invested in retirement funds.
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*Only includes autonomous pension funds. Does not consider insurance companies assets.
**Includes IRAs.
*** Does not include the unfunded benefit obligation of corporate
pension plans (account receivables).
**** Only includes pension assets from closed entities.
*****Only includes pension assets for company pension schemes.
****** Only includes Enterprise Annuity assets.
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Thinking Ahead Institute. (February 10, 2023). Ratio of pension assets to GDP in selected countries in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/
Thinking Ahead Institute. "Ratio of pension assets to GDP in selected countries in 2022." Chart. February 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/
Thinking Ahead Institute. (2023). Ratio of pension assets to GDP in selected countries in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/
Thinking Ahead Institute. "Ratio of Pension Assets to Gdp in Selected Countries in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/
Thinking Ahead Institute, Ratio of pension assets to GDP in selected countries in 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/ (last visited July 07, 2024)
Ratio of pension assets to GDP in selected countries in 2022 [Graph], Thinking Ahead Institute, February 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/960085/pension-assets-to-gdp-ratio-by-country/