Insurance company assets to GDP in Nigeria

Nigeria: Insurance company assets to GDP was 1.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.0%
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
126th
of 138 countries
All-time high
1.5%
in 2008
All-time low
0.7%
in 2002
Years of data
18
2002–2019

Insurance company assets to GDP in Nigeria, 2002–2019

00.511.52002201020192002: 0.705 %2003: 0.926 %2004: 0.89 %2005: 0.828 %2006: 1.1 %2007: 1.3 %2008: 1.5 %2009: 1.3 %2010: 1.1 %2011: 0.968 %2012: 0.979 %2013: 0.98 %2014: 0.926 %2015: 0.964 %2016: 0.991 %2017: 0.982 %2018: 1 %2019: 1 %

Source: Nonbanking financial database, World Bank. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2019, insurance company assets to gdp in Nigeria stood at 1.0%.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, insurance company assets to gdp in Nigeria peaked at 1.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2002.

That places Nigeria 126th out of 138 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Insurance company assets to GDP in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Insurance company assets to GDP (%) in Nigeria, 2002 to 2019.
Year % Change
2002 0.7%
2003 0.9% +31.4%
2004 0.9% -3.9%
2005 0.8% -7.0%
2006 1.1% +29.7%
2007 1.3% +20.7%
2008 1.5% +13.0%
2009 1.3% -9.5%
2010 1.1% -20.4%
2011 1.0% -8.2%
2012 1.0% +1.1%
2013 1.0% +0.1%
2014 0.9% -5.5%
2015 1.0% +4.0%
2016 1.0% +2.9%
2017 1.0% -0.9%
2018 1.0% +4.9%
2019 1.0% +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.1% 0.7% 1.5% 8
2010s 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% 10

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 123 Papua New Guinea 1.3% compare
  2. 124 Angola 1.3% compare
  3. 125 Armenia 1.1% compare
  4. 127 Mongolia 1.0% compare
  5. 128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% compare
  6. 129 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% compare

See the full ranking of 138 places →

More financial sector data for Nigeria

All data for Nigeria →

Frequently asked questions

What is insurance company assets to gdp in Nigeria?
Insurance company assets to gdp in Nigeria was 1.0% in 2019, according to Nonbanking financial database, World Bank.
What is the highest insurance company assets to gdp recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2008.
What is the lowest insurance company assets to gdp recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2002.
How does Nigeria rank for insurance company assets to gdp?
Nigeria ranks 126th out of 138 countries with data for 2019.
Is insurance company assets to gdp rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Insurance company assets to GDP in Nigeria. Statizoid, drawing on Nonbanking financial database, World Bank. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/insurance-company-assets-to-gdp-percent/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/insurance-company-assets-to-gdp-percent/nigeria/">Insurance company assets to GDP in Nigeria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Insurance company assets to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Nonbanking financial database, World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
138 places, 2,595 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Data taken from a variety of sources such as AXCO and national sources.