Insurance company assets to GDP in Malaysia
Malaysia: Insurance company assets to GDP was 22.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Insurance company assets to GDP in Malaysia, 1990–2020
Source: Nonbanking financial database, World Bank. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, insurance company assets to gdp in Malaysia stood at 22.2%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.4% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance company assets to gdp in Malaysia peaked at 22.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 1990.
Malaysia ranks 36th of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Insurance company assets to GDP in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7.4% | — |
| 2002 | 16.0% | +114.8% |
| 2003 | 16.8% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 17.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 16.2% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | +22.6% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 19.3% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 19.9% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 20.3% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 19.4% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | +14.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 16.0% | 19.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 82,207 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.26 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 43.75 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 3.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 82.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 87.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 91.67 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,548 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance company assets to gdp in Malaysia?
- Insurance company assets to gdp in Malaysia was 22.2% in 2020, according to Nonbanking financial database, World Bank.
- What is the highest insurance company assets to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest insurance company assets to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 1990.
- How does Malaysia rank for insurance company assets to gdp?
- Malaysia ranks 36th out of 138 countries with data for 2020.
- Is insurance company assets to gdp rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Nonbanking financial database, World Bank, published as part of Insurance company assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Data taken from a variety of sources such as AXCO and national sources.