Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employer 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 — Employer contributions is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 258.27 Percentage change in Kazakhstan, Republic of; the lowest is -32.98 Percentage change in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.38 Percentage change, and the mean is 18.28 Percentage change.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan, Republic of (up 2,440.8%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 3,432.6%).
Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employer contributions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 258.27 Percentage change | 2024 | up 2,440.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 95.68 Percentage change | 2022 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Mauritius | 51.42 Percentage change | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Albania | 30.96 Percentage change | 2024 | up 899.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Malawi | 22.76 Percentage change | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Chile | 18.98 Percentage change | 2022 | up 773.0% | volatile |
| 7 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 18.43 Percentage change | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 15.47 Percentage change | 2023 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 12.74 Percentage change | 2012 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Uruguay | 11.52 Percentage change | 2020 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Kosovo | 11.41 Percentage change | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Serbia, Republic of | 10.56 Percentage change | 2024 | up 424.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Maldives | 10.55 Percentage change | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 10.31 Percentage change | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 8.38 Percentage change | 2024 | up 229.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Suriname | 7.64 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Italy | 7.43 Percentage change | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Iceland | 6.41 Percentage change | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 5.81 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Guyana | 3.48 Percentage change | 2023 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 2.85 Percentage change | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 1.79 Percentage change | 2020 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 1.08 Percentage change | 2024 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | -1.52 Percentage change | 2024 | down 3,432.6% | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | -5.51 Percentage change | 2013 | down 162.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Kenya | -6.66 Percentage change | 2022 | down 130.3% | volatile |
| 27 | United Kingdom | -22.81 Percentage change | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Germany | -24.38 Percentage change | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | -32.98 Percentage change | 2021 | down 118.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lithuania 25.64 Percentage change
- Latvia 16.37 Percentage change
- Poland 12.21 Percentage change
- Netherlands -3.72 Percentage change
- Slovak Republic -6.57 Percentage change
- Korea -100 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.