The U.S. fell to 24th in a major global retirement ranking as public debt, soaring healthcare costs, and uneven access to employer-sponsored savings fuel investor pessimism.
The three-place drop from last year marks a sharp reversal from a decade ago, when the U.S. ranked 14th, according to the Global Retirement Index from Natixis Investment Managers. The decline comes as more Americans recognize that a larger share of the responsibility for funding retirement will fall on their shoulders: 81% of investors say it is increasingly their responsibility to fund retirement, up from 63% a decade ago.
