New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Life insurance premium volume to GDP

New Zealand
0.8%
in 2019
Sri Lanka
0.7%
in 2020
New Zealand rank
72nd
Sri Lanka rank
75th

Life insurance premium volume to GDP over time

  • New Zealand
  • Sri Lanka
0.511.522.5199520072020

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

New Zealand ranks 72nd and Sri Lanka ranks 75th of 162 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1990s 2.4% 0.4% 2.0% New Zealand
2000s 1.2% 0.5% 0.7% New Zealand
2010s 0.9% 0.5% 0.4% New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life insurance premium volume to gdp, New Zealand or Sri Lanka?
New Zealand, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Sri Lanka as of 2019.
What is the difference in life insurance premium volume to gdp between New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
0.1%, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
25 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do New Zealand and Sri Lanka rank globally for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
New Zealand ranks 72nd and Sri Lanka ranks 75th 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

Indicator
Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Sigma Reports, Swiss Re
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
162 places, 4,020 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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.