Institutional Investors': Financial … liabilities pension in Japan
Japan: Institutional Investors': Financial … liabilities pension was 25.08 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of in Japan, 2005–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Japan recorded 25.08 Percentage of GDP for institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of in Japan peaked at 29.93 Percentage of GDP in 2014 and was at its lowest, 25.08 Percentage of GDP, in 2025.
That places Japan 11th out of 26 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Institutional Investors': Financial … liabilities pension in Japan, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 28.75 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2006 | 28.31 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 27.15 Percentage of GDP | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 27.23 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 29.01 Percentage of GDP | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 28.19 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 28.8 Percentage of GDP | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 29.23 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 29.02 Percentage of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 29.93 Percentage of GDP | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 29.16 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 27.91 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 27.1 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 26.96 Percentage of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 26.98 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 28.69 Percentage of GDP | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 27.95 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 27.54 Percentage of GDP | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 26.46 Percentage of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 25.69 Percentage of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 25.08 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 25.08 Percentage of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.77 Percentage of GDP, 2.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.09 Percentage of GDP | 27.15 Percentage of GDP | 29.01 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2010s | 28.33 Percentage of GDP | 26.96 Percentage of GDP | 29.93 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.9 Percentage of GDP | 25.08 Percentage of GDP | 28.69 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of in Japan?
- Institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of in Japan was 25.08 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 29.93 Percentage of GDP in 2014.
- What is the lowest institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.08 Percentage of GDP in 2025.
- How does Japan rank for institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of?
- Japan ranks 11th out of 26 countries with data for 2025.
- Is institutional investors' indicators — financial liabilities of rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities 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.