厚生・国民年金とも黒字　積立金、初の２００兆円台―２１年度決算

　厚生労働省は５日、年金特別会計の２０２１年度収支決算を発表した。時価ベースで、会社員や公務員が加入する厚生年金は９兆８４７８億円の黒字、自営業者らが加入する国民年金は２３０３億円の黒字を確保した。積立金の運用が好調だったことが主な要因で、いずれも２年連続の黒字。積立金残高は初めて２００兆円台となり、過去最高を更新した。
　国内外の株価上昇などを受け、年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人（ＧＰＩＦ）の運用益が２０年度に続き好調に推移。厚生年金の運用収入は９兆５１７４億円、国民年金は５３１９億円に上った。
　２１年度末の積立金残高は時価ベースで１０兆７８１億円増の２０４兆６２５６億円。内訳は厚生年金が１９４兆６１５億円、国民年金が１０兆５６４２億円だった。（2022/08/05-15:49）

Japan's "kosei nenkin" and "kokumin nenkin" public pension programs both marked surpluses for the second straight year in fiscal 2021 reflecting robust investment returns, the welfare ministry said Friday.
   For the year that ended last March, the kosei nenkin program, mainly for corporate employees, logged 9,847.8 billion yen in surplus in market value-based accounting and the kokumin nenkin program, chiefly for the self-employed, 230.3 billion yen.
   The combined balance of reserves under the public pension schemes topped 200 trillion yen for the first time ever thanks to continued growth in returns from investment of the reserves by the Government Pension Investment Fund.
   Specifically, the GPIF logged a net investment income of 9,517.4 billion yen for kosei nenkin and 531.9 billion yen for kokumin nenkin, resuling in growth of 10,078.1 billion yen to 204,625.6 billion yen in combined outstanding reserves.
   The total reserve balance is broken down to 194,061.5 billion yen for kosei nenkin and 10,564.2 billion yen for kokumin nenkin.