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Global pension statistics

The Global Pension Statistics Project measures and monitors the pension industry, allowing inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems.

Pension Markets in Focus

This report gives an overview of private pension systems worldwide and outlines latest developments. It assesses the amount of assets in funded and private pension plans, describes the way these assets are invested in financial markets, and looks at how investments have performed, both in the past year and over the past decade.

Constitutions in OECD Countries: A Comparative Study - Background Report in the Context of Chile’s Constitutional Process

Improving the design of retirement saving pension plans

The OECD Recommendation for the Good Design of Defined Contribution Pension Plans identifies elements of good design and public policy to assist countries to strengthen retirement income adequacy in an environment where pension benefits result from assets accumulated during working life.

Slovenia should reform its pension system to address rapidly ageing population, says OECD

Slovenia should encourage people to work longer and reform its pensions system in order to make it financially sustainable while preserving pensioners’ living standards, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Reviews of Pension Systems: Slovenia

Pensions protected during COVID-19 pandemic but ageing challenges persist, says OECD

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll among elderly people although retirees have seen their pension payments well protected across OECD countries. Future pension entitlements have also been well protected thanks to the exceptional policy response to the crisis, according to a new OECD report.

Financial incentives for funded private pension plans: OECD country profiles, 2021

03/12/2021 - This report describes the tax treatment of retirement savings in OECD countries as of June 2021. It also covers non-tax financial incentives provided to encourage individuals to save for retirement in funded private pension plans.

Annual Survey of Large Pension Funds and Public Pension Reserve Funds

This annual survey monitors and compares the investment behaviour, asset levels, and performances of the largest institutional investors in each region or country covered and analyses in greater depth the general trends observed at a national level.

Annual Survey of Investment Regulation of Pension Providers

Each year, the OECD publishes a survey of the investment regulation of pension providers which describes the main quantitative investment regulations applied to pension funds in 90 economies. The survey questionnaire covers all types of pension plans financed via pension funds.