Pension expenditure (% of GDP): country ranking
8 countries ranked from the highest to the lowest value · OECD, 2022
Pension expenditure as % of GDP, Eurostat definition (ESSPROS): old-age, anticipated and partial old-age, survivors', disability and early-retirement pensions; public and private social-protection schemes. Comparable across European countries; a different scope from the COR's (French mandatory schemes). Outside Europe (United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, Mexico): OECD SOCX, public old-age and survivors' pensions only, a narrower scope. The cross-country comparison uses the OECD for all.
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 13.4 % GDP |
| 2 | Japan | 9.2 % GDP |
| 3 | United States | 7.1 % GDP |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 7.1 % GDP |
| 5 | Canada | 5.9 % GDP |
| 6 | Mexico | 4.9 % GDP |
| 7 | South Korea | 3.8 % GDP |
| 8 | Australia | 3.4 % GDP |
Not yet published for 2022: Germany, Italy, Turkey.
How to read this ranking
Every value comes from one harmonised source (OECD) and covers the same period, 2022. It can differ from the national figure shown on each country's card.
Countries are ordered from the highest to the lowest value: a higher rank is neither better nor worse.
Countries with the same value share a rank. A country with no value for 2022 is not ranked on another year.