Non-life insurance premium volume - Country rankings
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Non-life insurance premium volume, percent of GDP, 2020:
The average for 2020 based on 96 countries was 1.37 percent. The highest value was in Barbados: 5.05 percent and the lowest value was in Kyrgyzstan: 0.2 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 | Non-life insurance premium volume, 2020 | Global rank | Available data |
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Barbados | 5.05 | 1 | 1990 - 2020 |
Luxembourg | 4.84 | 2 | 1990 - 2020 |
South Korea | 4.61 | 3 | 1990 - 2020 |
USA | 3.39 | 4 | 1996 - 2020 |
Canada | 3.32 | 5 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bahamas | 3.29 | 6 | 1991 - 2020 |
Belize | 3.14 | 7 | 1993 - 2020 |
Tr.&Tobago | 2.61 | 8 | 1990 - 2020 |
France | 2.45 | 9 | 1990 - 2020 |
Austria | 2.36 | 10 | 1992 - 2020 |
Spain | 2.32 | 11 | 1990 - 2020 |
Denmark | 2.3 | 12 | 1990 - 2020 |
Australia | 2.24 | 13 | 1991 - 2020 |
Slovenia | 2.21 | 14 | 1991 - 2020 |
Argentina | 2.16 | 15 | 1990 - 2020 |
Iceland | 2.14 | 16 | 1990 - 2020 |
Portugal | 2.05 | 17 | 1991 - 2020 |
Germany | 2.04 | 18 | 1990 - 2020 |
Bulgaria | 1.92 | 19 | 1995 - 2020 |
Norway | 1.92 | 20 | 1991 - 2020 |
Morocco | 1.85 | 21 | 1990 - 2020 |
Croatia | 1.77 | 22 | 1994 - 2020 |
Honduras | 1.72 | 23 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cyprus | 1.68 | 24 | 1990 - 2020 |
Czechia | 1.66 | 25 | 1993 - 2020 |
Japan | 1.66 | 26 | 1990 - 2020 |
Rwanda | 1.66 | 27 | 2000 - 2020 |
Suriname | 1.65 | 28 | 2000 - 2020 |
Uruguay | 1.65 | 29 | 1995 - 2020 |
Italy | 1.64 | 30 | 1990 - 2020 |
Finland | 1.63 | 31 | 1990 - 2020 |
Costa Rica | 1.58 | 32 | 1990 - 2020 |
Aruba | 1.55 | 33 | 2001 - 2020 |
Poland | 1.54 | 34 | 1994 - 2020 |
Chile | 1.53 | 35 | 1990 - 2020 |
Ecuador | 1.47 | 36 | 1990 - 2020 |
Panama | 1.42 | 37 | 1990 - 2020 |
Colombia | 1.41 | 38 | 1994 - 2020 |
Israel | 1.39 | 39 | 1990 - 2020 |
Netherlands | 1.38 | 40 | 1990 - 2020 |
Serbia | 1.35 | 41 | 1997 - 2020 |
Estonia | 1.33 | 42 | 1993 - 2020 |
El Salvador | 1.32 | 43 | 1990 - 2020 |
Hungary | 1.32 | 44 | 1995 - 2020 |
Thailand | 1.31 | 45 | 1990 - 2020 |
Macao | 1.27 | 46 | 1996 - 2020 |
Namibia | 1.23 | 47 | 1996 - 2020 |
Slovakia | 1.22 | 48 | 1993 - 2020 |
Lithuania | 1.19 | 49 | 1995 - 2020 |
China | 1.17 | 50 | 1992 - 2020 |
Mozambique | 1.13 | 51 | 1991 - 2020 |
Jordan | 1.11 | 52 | 1992 - 2020 |
Turkey | 1.11 | 53 | 1990 - 2020 |
North Macedonia | 1.09 | 54 | 1993 - 2020 |
Greece | 1.06 | 55 | 1992 - 2020 |
Hong Kong | 1.04 | 56 | 1991 - 2020 |
Brazil | 1 | 57 | 1994 - 2020 |
Latvia | 1 | 58 | 1994 - 2020 |
Guatemala | 0.97 | 59 | 1990 - 2020 |
Paraguay | 0.95 | 60 | 1990 - 2020 |
Albania | 0.89 | 61 | 1994 - 2020 |
Domin. Rep. | 0.87 | 62 | 1991 - 2020 |
Peru | 0.87 | 63 | 1993 - 2020 |
Romania | 0.84 | 64 | 1995 - 2020 |
Taiwan | 0.84 | 65 | 1990 - 2020 |
Kenya | 0.82 | 66 | 1990 - 2020 |
Algeria | 0.77 | 67 | 1992 - 2020 |
Ukraine | 0.76 | 68 | 1994 - 2020 |
Bolivia | 0.75 | 69 | 1990 - 2020 |
Russia | 0.75 | 70 | 1993 - 2020 |
Singapore | 0.75 | 71 | 1992 - 2020 |
Belarus | 0.74 | 72 | 1996 - 2020 |
Georgia | 0.67 | 73 | 1997 - 2020 |
Burkina Faso | 0.66 | 74 | 1999 - 2020 |
Gabon | 0.63 | 75 | 1990 - 2020 |
Moldova | 0.61 | 76 | 1996 - 2020 |
Cameroon | 0.58 | 77 | 1992 - 2020 |
Sri Lanka | 0.58 | 78 | 1990 - 2020 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.56 | 79 | 1991 - 2020 |
Ghana | 0.5 | 80 | 1990 - 2020 |
Indonesia | 0.5 | 81 | 1990 - 2020 |
Armenia | 0.49 | 82 | 1997 - 2020 |
Kazakhstan | 0.47 | 83 | 1997 - 2020 |
Philippines | 0.47 | 84 | 1990 - 2020 |
Mongolia | 0.46 | 85 | 1998 - 2020 |
Brunei | 0.45 | 86 | 1993 - 2020 |
Uganda | 0.38 | 87 | 1991 - 2020 |
Tanzania | 0.37 | 88 | 1990 - 2020 |
Cambodia | 0.33 | 89 | 1997 - 2020 |
Angola | 0.29 | 90 | 1996 - 2020 |
Tajikistan | 0.29 | 91 | 2000 - 2020 |
Burma | 0.28 | 92 | 1998 - 2020 |
Mauritania | 0.26 | 93 | 2003 - 2020 |
Yemen | 0.26 | 94 | 1990 - 2020 |
Pakistan | 0.22 | 95 | 1990 - 2020 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0.2 | 96 | 2000 - 2020 |
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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