Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Egypt
Egypt: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Egypt, 1994–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life insurance premium volume to gdp in Egypt is 0.4%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Egypt peaked at 0.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1996.
That places Egypt 98th out of 162 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.2% | — |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +43.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Egypt
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 154,531 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 50.08 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 18.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 145.56 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 13.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.11 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 301.51 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Egypt?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Egypt was 0.4% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1996.
- How does Egypt rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Egypt ranks 98th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.