France - Data on PERCO plans come from the French Asset Management Association.
Italy - Data include book reserves, with net technical provisions taken as a proxy of pension assets.
Norway - Data refer to pension funds only.
Portugal - Data cover closed and open pension funds and personal retirement saving funds (established as pension funds or as collective investment schemes managed by investment companies), and since 2017 personal plans offered by life insurance companies as well.
Turkey - Data refer to personal plans only.
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Pension funds as GDP share in selected European countries as of 2022
The total amount of assets held by pension funds as a share of GDP varies significantly across the countries studied, ranging from over *** percent in Denmark to under *** percent in Greece in 2022. Measuring it as share of the GDP shows the importance of pension funds relative to the size of the economy in selected European countries.
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