When it comes to global retirement security, the U.S. is ranked 19th out of 150 countries, according to Natixis Global Asset Management’s 2015 Global Retirement Index Report. The index considers health, material comforts, the environment and, of course, retirement access and savings when determining rankings. It’s the third year in a row the U.S. barely eked out a spot in the top 20.
As a global superpower, this ranking is abysmal. Many issues contribute to this looming retirement crisis in America, among them a lack of education and the widening gap in income equality, as well as the U.S. having one of the most cripplingly expensive health care systems on the globe.
