Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in New Zealand
New Zealand: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension was 39.42 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in New Zealand, 2014–2025
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 New Zealand is 39.42 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 71.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in New Zealand peaked at 39.42 Percentage of GDP in 2025 and was at its lowest, 21.42 Percentage of GDP, in 2014.
That places New Zealand 10th out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21.42 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2015 | 22.99 Percentage of GDP | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 24.36 Percentage of GDP | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 26.5 Percentage of GDP | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 26.73 Percentage of GDP | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 30.49 Percentage of GDP | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 34.17 Percentage of GDP | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 37.3 Percentage of GDP | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 32.09 Percentage of GDP | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 33.14 Percentage of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 37.42 Percentage of GDP | +12.9% |
| 2025 | 39.42 Percentage of GDP | +5.4% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 39.42 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 16.78 Percentage of GDP, 2.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.41 Percentage of GDP | 21.42 Percentage of GDP | 30.49 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2020s | 35.59 Percentage of GDP | 32.09 Percentage of GDP | 39.42 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 37.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -50.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0115 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 3.00 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,538 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in New Zealand?
- Institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension in New Zealand was 39.42 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 39.42 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- What is the lowest institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.42 Percentage of GDP in 2014.
- How does New Zealand rank for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension?
- New Zealand ranks 10th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of pension rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.