Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Australia
Australia: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension was 136.46 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Australia, 1988–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Australia is 136.46 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Australia peaked at 136.46 Percentage of GDP in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.34 Percentage of GDP, in 1988.
Australia ranks 2nd of 28 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 24.34 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1989 | 25.53 Percentage of GDP | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 26.14 Percentage of GDP | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 30.67 Percentage of GDP | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 30.98 Percentage of GDP | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 35.83 Percentage of GDP | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 33.48 Percentage of GDP | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 36.33 Percentage of GDP | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 40.24 Percentage of GDP | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 46.7 Percentage of GDP | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 50.46 Percentage of GDP | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 61.04 Percentage of GDP | +21.0% |
| 2000 | 65.09 Percentage of GDP | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 65.64 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 62.36 Percentage of GDP | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 65.96 Percentage of GDP | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 75.6 Percentage of GDP | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 81.89 Percentage of GDP | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 93.21 Percentage of GDP | +13.8% |
| 2007 | 103.18 Percentage of GDP | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 76.06 Percentage of GDP | -26.3% |
| 2009 | 89.84 Percentage of GDP | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 86.89 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 77.8 Percentage of GDP | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 85.33 Percentage of GDP | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 95.69 Percentage of GDP | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 102.79 Percentage of GDP | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 107.84 Percentage of GDP | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 114.21 Percentage of GDP | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 119.34 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 112.99 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 124.56 Percentage of GDP | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 129.58 Percentage of GDP | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 132.92 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 113.12 Percentage of GDP | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 119.46 Percentage of GDP | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 129.56 Percentage of GDP | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 136.46 Percentage of GDP | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.93 Percentage of GDP | 24.34 Percentage of GDP | 25.53 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
| 1990s | 39.19 Percentage of GDP | 26.14 Percentage of GDP | 61.04 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.88 Percentage of GDP | 62.36 Percentage of GDP | 103.18 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 102.74 Percentage of GDP | 77.8 Percentage of GDP | 124.56 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 126.85 Percentage of GDP | 113.12 Percentage of GDP | 136.46 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 Iceland 179.12 Percentage of GDP compare
- 1 Netherlands 170.06 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Latvia 25.87 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Switzerland 132.88 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Estonia 19.58 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Sweden 132.32 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Lithuania 13.24 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Israel 101 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Slovenia 7.7 Percentage of GDP compare
More public sector data for Australia
- Arms imports 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 36.15 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 159.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 983.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,244 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0192 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 33.82 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 49.27 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Australia?
- Institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Australia was 136.46 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 136.46 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- What is the lowest institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.34 Percentage of GDP in 1988.
- How does Australia rank for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- Australia ranks 2nd out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension funds. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.