Social Security Worldwide (ISSA)
The International Social Security Association provides online access to these data resources:
- Scheme Description data
- Complementary and Private Pensions data
- Reforms data
- NATLEX database of national labour
- Database on national social security expenditure
- ILO Social Security data
- ILO Cost of Social Security data
Information on social security systems in 172 countries is provided. This includes profiles of the system of complementary and private pensions in over 50 countries; summaries of important reforms in social protection programs; references to social security legislation, including texts of legislation and other material on social protection and key social security terms in English, French, Spanish and German.
Data is from 1994 to 2010.
Content and methodology details for each data set are available on this ISSA web page .
Follow the individual instructions for access to each of these databases: Scheme Description database; Complementary and Private Pensions; Reforms database; NATLEX database of national labour; Database on national social security expenditure; ILO Social Security database and, ILO Cost of Social Security database.
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu