Life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador

El Salvador: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
1.1%
Change on year
up 20.3%
World rank
63rd
of 162 countries
All-time high
1.1%
in 2020
All-time low
0.3%
in 1996
Years of data
29
1992–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador, 1992–2020

0.20.40.60.811992200620201992: 0.302 %1993: 0.301 %1994: 0.309 %1995: 0.283 %1996: 0.273 %1997: 0.309 %1998: 0.35 %1999: 0.535 %2000: 0.604 %2001: 0.699 %2002: 0.719 %2003: 0.756 %2004: 0.734 %2005: 0.686 %2006: 0.707 %2007: 0.694 %2008: 0.806 %2009: 0.87 %2010: 0.861 %2011: 0.843 %2012: 0.876 %2013: 0.953 %2014: 0.996 %2015: 0.992 %2016: 0.895 %2017: 0.862 %2018: 0.839 %2019: 0.877 %2020: 1.1 %

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

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in El Salvador, 1992 to 2020.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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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  4. 64 Kenya 1.0% compare
  5. 65 Togo 1.0% compare
  6. 66 Slovakia 0.9% compare

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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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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.