Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Canada
Canada: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension was 89.25 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Canada, 1990–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Canada recorded 89.25 Percentage of GDP for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Canada peaked at 107.37 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 39.49 Percentage of GDP, in 1990.
That places Canada 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Canada, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39.49 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 42.47 Percentage of GDP | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 45.72 Percentage of GDP | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 51.21 Percentage of GDP | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 48.72 Percentage of GDP | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 52.5 Percentage of GDP | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 56.93 Percentage of GDP | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 58.76 Percentage of GDP | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 61.95 Percentage of GDP | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 62.96 Percentage of GDP | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 61.92 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 59.45 Percentage of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 56.76 Percentage of GDP | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 58.6 Percentage of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 57.74 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 61.78 Percentage of GDP | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 67.27 Percentage of GDP | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 66.4 Percentage of GDP | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 57.98 Percentage of GDP | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 65.44 Percentage of GDP | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 70.43 Percentage of GDP | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 71.5 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 75.93 Percentage of GDP | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 78.14 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 84.04 Percentage of GDP | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 89.7 Percentage of GDP | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 92.35 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 92.54 Percentage of GDP | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 88.89 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 95.59 Percentage of GDP | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 107.37 Percentage of GDP | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 100.4 Percentage of GDP | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 83.51 Percentage of GDP | -16.8% |
| 2023 | 84.57 Percentage of GDP | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 87.76 Percentage of GDP | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 89.25 Percentage of GDP | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.07 Percentage of GDP | 39.49 Percentage of GDP | 62.96 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.34 Percentage of GDP | 56.76 Percentage of GDP | 67.27 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.91 Percentage of GDP | 70.43 Percentage of GDP | 95.59 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.14 Percentage of GDP | 83.51 Percentage of GDP | 107.37 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 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
- 6 United States of America 97.19 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Poland 6.71 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Türkiye 4.1 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Chile 68.53 Percentage of GDP compare
- 9 Denmark 61.26 Percentage of GDP compare
- 10 New Zealand 39.42 Percentage of GDP compare
More public sector data for Canada
- Arms imports 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 96.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 711.23 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0129 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 29.35 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 8.65 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Canada?
- Institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Canada was 89.25 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 107.37 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.49 Percentage of GDP in 1990.
- How does Canada rank for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- Canada ranks 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.