Iceland vs Sweden: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension over time
- Iceland
- Sweden
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 179.12 Percentage of GDP against 132.32 Percentage of GDP in Sweden, a difference of 46.8 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.4 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sweden ahead.
Iceland ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 4th of 28 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.62 Percentage of GDP | 4.53 Percentage of GDP | 48.09 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2000s | 100.31 Percentage of GDP | 16.71 Percentage of GDP | 83.6 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2010s | 137.88 Percentage of GDP | 87.54 Percentage of GDP | 50.34 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
| 2020s | 181.38 Percentage of GDP | 126.09 Percentage of GDP | 55.29 Percentage of GDP | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension, Iceland or Sweden?
- Iceland, at 179.12 Percentage of GDP against 132.32 Percentage of GDP in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension between Iceland and Sweden?
- 46.8 Percentage of GDP, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- Iceland ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 4th of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension funds. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Institutional Investors’ Indicators table shows total financial assets and liabilities of the three types of institutional investor - investment funds, insurance corporations and pension funds - as a percentage of GDP. It also provides a breakdown of the total assets (liabilities) of each type of institutional investor by main financial instrument category: currency and deposits; debt securities; loans; equity and investment fund shares; insurance, pensions and standardised guarantees; financial derivatives and employee stock options; and other accounts receivable/payable. The financial instrument categories are shown as a share (percentage) of the total assets (liabilities) of each type of institutional investor. For investment funds, there is also a breakdown of total assets by type of investment fund: real estate, equity, bond, mixed, hedge and other funds; and a breakdown of total assets and liabilities by whether they belong to money market funds (MMFs) or non-MMFs and to open-ended or closed-ended funds. All the indicators in this dataset are derived from the Institutional Investors' Assets and Liabilities dataset.