Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Cameroon

Cameroon: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.3%
Change on year
down 3.3%
World rank
106th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2019
All-time low
0.1%
in 1997
Years of data
29
1992–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Cameroon, 1992–2020

00.10.20.31992200620201992: 0.177 %1993: 0.201 %1994: 0.181 %1995: 0.179 %1996: 0.149 %1997: 0.132 %1998: 0.148 %1999: 0.161 %2000: 0.148 %2001: 0.146 %2002: 0.144 %2003: 0.156 %2004: 0.171 %2005: 0.18 %2006: 0.194 %2007: 0.212 %2008: 0.213 %2009: 0.229 %2010: 0.237 %2011: 0.252 %2012: 0.266 %2013: 0.254 %2014: 0.253 %2015: 0.278 %2016: 0.284 %2017: 0.295 %2018: 0.297 %2019: 0.297 %2020: 0.288 %

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

Analysis

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

That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Cameroon peaked at 0.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1997.

That places Cameroon 106th out of 162 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Cameroon, 1992 to 2020.
Year % Change
1992 0.2%
1993 0.2% +13.2%
1994 0.2% -9.7%
1995 0.2% -1.5%
1996 0.1% -16.9%
1997 0.1% -11.4%
1998 0.1% +12.0%
1999 0.2% +9.0%
2000 0.1% -7.9%
2001 0.1% -1.8%
2002 0.1% -1.2%
2003 0.2% +8.4%
2004 0.2% +9.8%
2005 0.2% +5.3%
2006 0.2% +7.9%
2007 0.2% +8.8%
2008 0.2% +0.8%
2009 0.2% +7.6%
2010 0.2% +3.3%
2011 0.3% +6.2%
2012 0.3% +5.9%
2013 0.3% -4.5%
2014 0.3% -0.6%
2015 0.3% +9.8%
2016 0.3% +2.5%
2017 0.3% +3.7%
2018 0.3% +0.5%
2019 0.3% +0.3%
2020 0.3% -3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 8
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 10
2020s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 103 Seychelles 0.3% compare
  2. 104 Jordan 0.3% compare
  3. 105 Bulgaria 0.3% compare
  4. 107 Benin 0.3% compare
  5. 108 Türkiye 0.3% compare
  6. 109 Estonia 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Cameroon?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Cameroon was 0.3% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1997.
How does Cameroon rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Cameroon ranks 106th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon 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.