Life insurance volume - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life insurance premium volume, percent of GDP, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 10 countries was 0.84 percent. The highest value was in Chile: 1.94 percent and the lowest value was in Paraguay: 0.17 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: Swiss Re
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Countries Life insurance volume, 2020 Global rank Available data
Chile 1.94 1 -
Uruguay 1.39 2 -
Colombia 1.35 3 -
Peru 0.87 4 -
Suriname 0.84 5 -
Bolivia 0.61 6 -
Ecuador 0.48 7 -
Brazil 0.43 8 -
Argentina 0.33 9 -
Paraguay 0.17 10 -



Definition: Ratio of 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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1. Chile
2. Uruguay
3. Colombia
4. Peru
5. Suriname
6. Bolivia
7. Ecuador
8. Brazil
9. Argentina
10. Paraguay
1.94
1.39
1.35
0.87
0.84
0.61
0.48
0.43
0.33
0.17
0
0.5
1
1.5
1.94


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