Japan vs Sweden: Life insurance premium volume to GDP
Japan
5.4%
in 2020
Sweden
5.8%
in 2019
Japan rank
12th
Sweden rank
10th
Life insurance premium volume to GDP over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 5.8% against 5.4% in Japan, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 10th of 162 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 3.2% | 2.4% | Japan |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.7% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.3% | 1.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life insurance premium volume to gdp, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 5.8% against 5.4% in Japan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in life insurance premium volume to gdp between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.4%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2019.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Japan ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 10th of 162 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Sigma Reports, Swiss Re, published as Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Premium data is 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.