Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Argentina

Argentina: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
0.3%
Change on year
up 17.0%
World rank
101st
of 162 countries
All-time high
1.1%
in 2002
All-time low
0.2%
in 1991
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Argentina, 1990–2020

0.20.40.60.811990200520201990: 0.268 %1991: 0.221 %1992: 0.292 %1993: 0.351 %1994: 0.369 %1995: 0.466 %1996: 0.433 %1997: 0.475 %1998: 0.601 %1999: 0.695 %2000: 0.888 %2001: 1 %2002: 1.1 %2003: 0.647 %2004: 0.657 %2005: 0.745 %2006: 0.634 %2007: 0.624 %2008: 0.55 %2009: 0.441 %2010: 0.343 %2011: 0.35 %2012: 0.4 %2013: 0.412 %2014: 0.403 %2015: 0.414 %2016: 0.421 %2017: 0.385 %2018: 0.332 %2019: 0.283 %2020: 0.331 %

Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2020, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Argentina stood at 0.3%.

The figure is up 17.0% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Argentina peaked at 1.1% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1991.

Argentina ranks 101st of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Argentina, 1990 to 2020.
Year % Change
1990 0.3%
1991 0.2% -17.3%
1992 0.3% +32.0%
1993 0.4% +20.1%
1994 0.4% +5.2%
1995 0.5% +26.4%
1996 0.4% -7.2%
1997 0.5% +9.8%
1998 0.6% +26.5%
1999 0.7% +15.6%
2000 0.9% +27.7%
2001 1.0% +18.0%
2002 1.1% +3.2%
2003 0.6% -40.1%
2004 0.7% +1.5%
2005 0.7% +13.4%
2006 0.6% -15.0%
2007 0.6% -1.5%
2008 0.5% -11.9%
2009 0.4% -19.8%
2010 0.3% -22.3%
2011 0.4% +2.3%
2012 0.4% +14.1%
2013 0.4% +2.9%
2014 0.4% -2.1%
2015 0.4% +2.7%
2016 0.4% +1.8%
2017 0.4% -8.7%
2018 0.3% -13.7%
2019 0.3% -14.8%
2020 0.3% +17.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.2% 0.7% 10
2000s 0.7% 0.4% 1.1% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 10
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Argentina?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Argentina was 0.3% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2002.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1991.
How does Argentina rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Argentina ranks 101st out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Argentina data come from?
The figures come from Sigma Reports, Swiss Re, published as part of Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.