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Lost and unclaimed pensions, by country
Only countries where a primary government or statutory-regulator statistic has been published with a verifiable source URL. No estimates, no extrapolations, no proprietary models. Where no published official figure exists, the country is omitted from this table, never filled from inference.
Citation policy: every row carries the publishing body, publication date, and a direct link to the primary source. Figures are shown in indicative USD (rounded) with the publisher's native-currency measurement preserved in the structured-data (Dataset) schema for reuse. The authoritative figure is always the source's native value.
| Country | Headline figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £31.1 billion across 3.3 million lost pension pots Lost and forgotten pension pots (UK private-sector workplace + personal) PPI updates this estimate periodically; 2024 figure supersedes earlier briefings. | Pensions Policy Institute PPI Briefing Note 138, October 2024 Published 2024-10-31 Primary source |
| Australia | A$18.9 billion in lost and ATO-held superannuation Lost super held by funds + unclaimed super transferred to the ATO ATO publishes by financial year; lost-member accounts are reported separately from ATO-held unclaimed super. | Australian Taxation Office ATO Super Accounts Data Overview, FY2024-25 Published 2025-06-30 Primary source |
Why other countries are not listed
Most jurisdictions do not publish a single national lost-pension figure. Some publish unclaimed-property totals that mix pension and non-pension assets; some publish sector-fund coverage but not "lost" subsets; some publish only at provider level. Rather than aggregate or estimate, we leave those countries off this page and cover them on their individual country pages, where the verified dossier facts (access route, deadlines, escheat rules) are what actually helps people.
If you publish or maintain an official lost-pension statistic for a jurisdiction not listed here and want it included, contact hello@pensionhunter.ai with the primary-source URL.