Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Ecuador

Ecuador: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.5% in 2020. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2020)
0.5%
Change on year
up 9.6%
World rank
90th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2020
All-time low
0.1%
in 1994
Years of data
27
1994–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Ecuador, 1994–2020

0.10.20.30.40.51994200720201994: 0.09 %1995: 0.093 %1996: 0.103 %1997: 0.103 %1998: 0.124 %1999: 0.108 %2000: 0.091 %2001: 0.109 %2002: 0.121 %2003: 0.143 %2004: 0.161 %2005: 0.192 %2006: 0.21 %2007: 0.229 %2008: 0.264 %2009: 0.29 %2010: 0.301 %2011: 0.336 %2012: 0.344 %2013: 0.379 %2014: 0.323 %2015: 0.361 %2016: 0.41 %2017: 0.414 %2018: 0.469 %2019: 0.44 %2020: 0.483 %

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ecuador is 0.5%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 60.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ecuador peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1994.

Ecuador ranks 90th of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

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

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Ecuador, 1994 to 2020.
Year % Change
1994 0.1%
1995 0.1% +2.6%
1996 0.1% +11.1%
1997 0.1% -0.1%
1998 0.1% +20.7%
1999 0.1% -13.1%
2000 0.1% -16.0%
2001 0.1% +20.3%
2002 0.1% +11.1%
2003 0.1% +18.3%
2004 0.2% +12.8%
2005 0.2% +19.0%
2006 0.2% +9.4%
2007 0.2% +8.9%
2008 0.3% +15.2%
2009 0.3% +9.8%
2010 0.3% +3.9%
2011 0.3% +11.6%
2012 0.3% +2.5%
2013 0.4% +10.0%
2014 0.3% -14.8%
2015 0.4% +11.9%
2016 0.4% +13.5%
2017 0.4% +0.8%
2018 0.5% +13.3%
2019 0.4% -6.1%
2020 0.5% +9.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 6
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 87 Senegal 0.5% compare
  2. 88 Zambia 0.5% compare
  3. 89 Tunisia 0.5% compare
  4. 91 Serbia 0.5% compare
  5. 92 Latvia 0.5% compare
  6. 93 Iran 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ecuador?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ecuador was 0.5% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1994.
How does Ecuador rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Ecuador ranks 90th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Ecuador 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.