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Pension fund assets as percent of GDP, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 15 countries was 21.11 percent. The highest value was in Israel: 68.94 percent and the lowest value was in Pakistan: 0.09 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Pension fund assets to GDP, 2020 Global rank Available data
Israel 68.94 1 2001 - 2020
Hong Kong 54.79 2 2001 - 2020
Singapore 42.16 3 2006 - 2020
South Korea 31.52 4 2002 - 2020
Japan 30.1 5 1998 - 2020
Maldives 24.71 6 2011 - 2020
Macao 19.06 7 2019 - 2020
Kazakhstan 15.4 8 2006 - 2020
India 9.29 9 2010 - 2020
Thailand 8.12 10 2001 - 2020
Armenia 5.98 11 2014 - 2020
Georgia 2.36 12 2019 - 2020
China 2.2 13 2004 - 2020
Indonesia 1.98 14 2002 - 2020
Pakistan 0.09 15 2007 - 2020


New - World map: Pension fund assets to GDP




Definition: Ratio of assets of pension funds to GDP. A pension fund is any plan, fund, or scheme that provides retirement income. Data taken from a variety of sources such as OECD, AIOS, FIAP and national sources.

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