New in the 2011 Index

In 2011 the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index was expanded to cover 16 countries, with the addition of India and Poland.

In this year’s study the only change to the index calculations was the introduction of the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) as part of the demographic indicator within the sustainability sub-index. The introduction of the TFR provides a longer term perspective of each country’s future age structure.

A new chapter on “The Gold Standard – an A-Grade System” was included to describe what an excellent retirement system would look like and to demonstrate how it could be achieved.