Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Argentina
Argentina: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Argentina, 1990–2020
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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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More financial sector data for Argentina
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 7.23 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 485.45 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 59.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 69.47 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 6.33 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 23.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 23.61 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 29.94 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 29.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 651.57 SDR per person (2025)
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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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.