Kuwait: Non-life insurance premium volume

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 Kuwait

Non-life insurance premium volume, percent of GDP

 Latest value 0.33
 Year 2018
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1992 - 2018
 Average 0.47
 Min - Max 0.26 - 0.66
 Source Swiss Re
 Available for Data download
The latest value from 2018 is 0.33 percent, a decline from 0.4 percent in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 1.15 percent, based on data from 154 countries. Historically, the average for Kuwait from 1992 to 2018 is 0.47 percent. The minimum value, 0.26 percent, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 0.66 percent was recorded in 1994. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Kuwait: Non-life insurance premium volume
 2018 0.33
 2017 0.40
 2016 0.45
 2015 0.43
 2014 0.29
 2013 0.26
 2012 0.27
 2011 0.28




Definition: Ratio of non-life insurance premium volume to GDP. Premium volume is the insurer's direct premiums earned (if Property/Casualty) or received (if Life/Health) during the previous calendar year. Premium data are taken from various issues of Sigma reports (Swiss Re). Data on GDP in US dollars is from the electronic version of the World Development Indicators.

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