Pension funds in figures
Pension fund assets rose in 2020 despite the shock of COVID-19
Pension fund assets exceeded USD 35 trillion at end-2020, increasing despite COVID-19 in almost all countries.
Preliminary data for 2020 show that pension funds held over USD 35 trillion of assets worldwide at end-2020,exceeding 2019 levels despite the headwinds due to COVID-19 (Table 1). Pension fund assets grew by nearly 9% in the OECD area ”“ although less than the double-digit growth rate in 2019 ”“ to reach USD 34.2 trillion at end2020. Outside the OECD area, pension fund assets amounted to USD 0.8 trillion at end-2020 in a group of 31 jurisdictions, just over 1% more than at end-2019.