Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions by country
This database on asset-backed pensions is based on data collected through the OECD Global Pension Statistics exercise. Data come from various administrative sources, mainly: pension supervisory authorities, financial market authorities, ministries of finance, or national statistical offices. Data cover all...
What the numbers show
Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 274.32 Percentage change in Indonesia; the lowest is -19.78 Percentage change in United Kingdom.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.6 Percentage change, and the mean is 16.94 Percentage change.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 744.8%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 4,099.4%).
Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 274.32 Percentage change | 2021 | up 413.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Romania | 47.21 Percentage change | 2024 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Malawi | 41.49 Percentage change | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Serbia, Republic of | 19.78 Percentage change | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 18.31 Percentage change | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 17.05 Percentage change | 2024 | up 744.8% | volatile |
| 7 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 15.48 Percentage change | 2024 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 12.74 Percentage change | 2012 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Maldives | 10.65 Percentage change | 2024 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 10.44 Percentage change | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Iceland | 10.11 Percentage change | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Suriname | 9.74 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Kosovo | 9.14 Percentage change | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia | 9.04 Percentage change | 2023 | up 373.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Peru | 8.79 Percentage change | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Kenya | 8.6 Percentage change | 2022 | up 462.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Mauritius | 6.94 Percentage change | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 18 | New Zealand | 6.59 Percentage change | 2013 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 6.44 Percentage change | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Guyana | 6.01 Percentage change | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 5.12 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 4.25 Percentage change | 2022 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 3.88 Percentage change | 2024 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 3.23 Percentage change | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.936 Percentage change | 2024 | down 89.6% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | -0.972 Percentage change | 2020 | down 164.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Chile | -1.29 Percentage change | 2024 | down 113.4% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | -2.62 Percentage change | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Costa Rica | -8.03 Percentage change | 2024 | down 159.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Germany | -8.39 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom | -19.78 Percentage change | 2024 | down 4,099.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 73.55 Percentage change
- Latvia 54.55 Percentage change
- Poland 33.78 Percentage change
- Lithuania 16.35 Percentage change
- Netherlands 13.13 Percentage change
- Slovak Republic 11.47 Percentage change
About this data
This database on asset-backed pensions is based on data collected through the OECD Global Pension Statistics exercise. Data come from various administrative sources, mainly: pension supervisory authorities, financial market authorities, ministries of finance, or national statistical offices. Data cover all asset-backed pension arrangements where assets are accumulated to back future benefit payments, except reserves of public (pay-as-you-go) pension arrangements. Asset-backed pension plans may be financed through different vehicles (such as pension funds, pension insurance contracts, bank or investment company managed funds), publicly or privately administered, mandatory or voluntary, occupational or personal, defined benefit (DB) or defined contribution (DC), for public or private-sector workers. Employers’ book reserves are also in the scope. This database includes various statistics and indicators on asset-backed pensions such as the amount of assets earmarked for retirement, the liabilities of pension providers, their revenues, their expenditure, the number of funds and plans, as well as plan membership. These statistics and indicators can be split by type of financing vehicle and type of plan.