Life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador, 1992–2020
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1.1% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.3% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 1.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1996.
That places El Salvador 63rd 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.3% | — |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +13.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | +53.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +16.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
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- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
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- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1980)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador was 1.1% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1996.
- How does El Salvador rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 63rd out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.