Ireland vs Japan: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension over time
- Ireland
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 26.88 Percentage of GDP against 23.59 Percentage of GDP in Ireland, a difference of 3.29 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 14th and Japan ranks 12th of 28 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.97 Percentage of GDP | 28.01 Percentage of GDP | 8.95 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2010s | 39.52 Percentage of GDP | 28.93 Percentage of GDP | 10.59 Percentage of GDP | Ireland |
| 2020s | 25.88 Percentage of GDP | 28.35 Percentage of GDP | 2.47 Percentage of GDP | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension, Ireland or Japan?
- Japan, at 26.88 Percentage of GDP against 23.59 Percentage of GDP in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension between Ireland and Japan?
- 3.29 Percentage of GDP, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Japan?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Japan rank globally for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- Ireland ranks 14th and Japan ranks 12th 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.