Publications & Documents

OECD Reviews of Pension Systems: Korea

Global insurance market trends

This annual report analyses insurance market statistics collected by the OECD to monitor the insurance industry’s overall performance and health. It covers all OECD countries plus selected Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Global insurance market trends - Preliminary data 2022

18 July 2022 - The ebb and flow of COVID-19 waves continued to affect trends in the insurance sector in 2021 according to preliminary data available on global insurance market trends. COVID-19 drove claims payments up in the life sector, while payments remained stable in the non-life sector.

Pension Markets in Focus Preliminary 2021 Data on Pension Funds

10 June 2022 - A second year into COVID-19, pension fund assets continued to grow in almost all reporting jurisdictions, rising by over 8% in the OECD area and nearly 2% in other reporting jurisdictions in 2021, according to indicators based on preliminary data for 2021. Read more.

Disaster risk financing

Disasters present a broad range of human, social, financial, economic and environmental impacts, with potentially long-lasting, multi-generational effects. The financial management of these impacts is a key challenge for individuals and governments in developed and developing countries. The OECD supports the development of strategies for the financial management of natural and man-made disaster risks.

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.