Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Belgium
Belgium: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 3.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Belgium, 1999–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Belgium stood at 3.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Belgium peaked at 8.1% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2017.
That places Belgium 18th out of 162 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.1% | — |
| 2000 | 5.0% | +21.6% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 6.7% | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | +21.3% |
| 2006 | 6.3% | -22.6% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 3.7% | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 5.0% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Belgium
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 64,305 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.14 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 255.88 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 23.32 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.74 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 17.86 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 41.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 40.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 3,423 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Belgium?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Belgium was 3.4% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2005.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Belgium ranks 18th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.