Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Burundi

Burundi: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
0.3%
Change on year
up 11.4%
World rank
110th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2018
All-time low
0.0%
in 2001
Years of data
17
2001–2018

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Burundi, 2001–2018

00.10.20.32001200920182001: 0.019 %2002: 0.029 %2003: 0.031 %2005: 0.115 %2006: 0.131 %2007: 0.17 %2008: 0.168 %2009: 0.164 %2010: 0.198 %2011: 0.204 %2012: 0.222 %2013: 0.236 %2014: 0.242 %2015: 0.237 %2016: 0.232 %2017: 0.247 %2018: 0.276 %

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

Analysis

In 2018, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Burundi stood at 0.3%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and up 64.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Burundi peaked at 0.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.

That places Burundi 110th out of 162 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Burundi, 2001 to 2018.
Year % Change
2001 0.0%
2002 0.0% +50.0%
2003 0.0% +5.2%
2005 0.1% +274.6%
2006 0.1% +14.5%
2007 0.2% +29.3%
2008 0.2% -1.2%
2009 0.2% -1.8%
2010 0.2% +20.3%
2011 0.2% +3.1%
2012 0.2% +9.1%
2013 0.2% +6.0%
2014 0.2% +2.5%
2015 0.2% -2.1%
2016 0.2% -2.1%
2017 0.2% +6.8%
2018 0.3% +11.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 8
2010s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 9

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Burundi?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Burundi was 0.3% in 2018, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
How does Burundi rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Burundi ranks 110th out of 162 countries with data for 2018.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi 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.