Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of in Japan

Japan: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of was 25.08 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
25.08 Percentage of GDP
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
11th
of 26 countries
All-time high
29.93 Percentage of GDP
in 2014
All-time low
25.08 Percentage of GDP
in 2025
Years of data
21
2005–2025

Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of in Japan, 2005–2025

01020302005201520252005: 28.7 Percentage of GDP2006: 28.3 Percentage of GDP2007: 27.2 Percentage of GDP2008: 27.2 Percentage of GDP2009: 29 Percentage of GDP2010: 28.2 Percentage of GDP2011: 28.8 Percentage of GDP2012: 29.2 Percentage of GDP2013: 29 Percentage of GDP2014: 29.9 Percentage of GDP2015: 29.2 Percentage of GDP2016: 27.9 Percentage of GDP2017: 27.1 Percentage of GDP2018: 27 Percentage of GDP2019: 27 Percentage of GDP2020: 28.7 Percentage of GDP2021: 28 Percentage of GDP2022: 27.5 Percentage of GDP2023: 26.5 Percentage of GDP2024: 25.7 Percentage of GDP2025: 25.1 Percentage of GDP

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' Indicators — Financial liabilities of in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of pension funds in Japan, 2005 to 2025.
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%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 8 Denmark 63.73 Percentage of GDP compare
  2. 9 Costa Rica 27.82 Percentage of GDP compare
  3. 10 Mexico 26.18 Percentage of GDP compare
  4. 12 Ireland 23.33 Percentage of GDP compare
  5. 13 Germany 15.27 Percentage of GDP compare
  6. 14 Spain 10.77 Percentage of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 35 places →

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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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Indicator
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of pension funds
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
35 places, 828 data points, 1960–2025
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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.