Institutional Investors': Financial assets … assets pension in Iceland
Iceland: Institutional Investors': Financial assets … assets pension was 179.12 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in Iceland, 1995–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 179.12 Percentage of GDP for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Iceland peaked at 202.45 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1995.
Iceland ranks 1st of 28 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Institutional Investors': Financial assets … assets pension in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1997 | 64.78 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1998 | 66.67 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 79.04 Percentage of GDP | +18.6% |
| 2000 | 79.26 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 79.93 Percentage of GDP | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 78.66 Percentage of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 92.88 Percentage of GDP | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 100.65 Percentage of GDP | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 112.92 Percentage of GDP | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 121.2 Percentage of GDP | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 120.73 Percentage of GDP | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 103.7 Percentage of GDP | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 113.14 Percentage of GDP | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 116.79 Percentage of GDP | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 121.33 Percentage of GDP | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 130.21 Percentage of GDP | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 135.6 Percentage of GDP | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 139.06 Percentage of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 140.53 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 138.88 Percentage of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 147.2 Percentage of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 146.85 Percentage of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 162.32 Percentage of GDP | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 191.88 Percentage of GDP | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 202.45 Percentage of GDP | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 167.91 Percentage of GDP | -17.1% |
| 2023 | 166.79 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 180.14 Percentage of GDP | +8.0% |
| 2025 | 179.12 Percentage of GDP | -0.6% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 179.12 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 16.78 Percentage of GDP, 10.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 179.12 Percentage of GDP is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.81 Percentage of GDP, 22.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.1 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 79.04 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 100.31 Percentage of GDP | 78.66 Percentage of GDP | 121.2 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 137.88 Percentage of GDP | 116.79 Percentage of GDP | 162.32 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 181.38 Percentage of GDP | 166.79 Percentage of GDP | 202.45 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 1 Netherlands 170.06 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Australia 136.46 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
More public sector data for Iceland
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 0 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 0 current USD (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 0 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Iceland?
- Institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in Iceland was 179.12 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 202.45 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1995.
- How does Iceland rank for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- Iceland ranks 1st out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.