Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Ghana

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

Latest (2020)
0.5%
Change on year
up 9.8%
World rank
84th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2020
All-time low
0.0%
in 1991
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Ghana, 1990–2020

00.10.20.30.40.51990200520201990: 0.024 %1991: 0.021 %1992: 0.022 %1993: 0.024 %1994: 0.026 %1995: 0.024 %1996: 0.028 %1997: 0.03 %1998: 0.036 %1999: 0.044 %2000: 0.05 %2001: 0.059 %2002: 0.08 %2003: 0.093 %2004: 0.122 %2005: 0.141 %2006: 0.188 %2007: 0.213 %2008: 0.225 %2009: 0.25 %2010: 0.304 %2011: 0.333 %2012: 0.351 %2013: 0.38 %2014: 0.374 %2015: 0.391 %2016: 0.399 %2017: 0.422 %2018: 0.436 %2019: 0.473 %2020: 0.519 %

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

Analysis

Ghana recorded 0.5% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 70.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ghana peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1991.

Ghana ranks 84th 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 Ghana, year by year

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Ghana, 1990 to 2020.
Year % Change
1990 0.0%
1991 0.0% -11.2%
1992 0.0% +6.3%
1993 0.0% +6.5%
1994 0.0% +8.4%
1995 0.0% -7.4%
1996 0.0% +18.2%
1997 0.0% +6.0%
1998 0.0% +20.2%
1999 0.0% +21.5%
2000 0.1% +14.8%
2001 0.1% +18.4%
2002 0.1% +33.8%
2003 0.1% +17.4%
2004 0.1% +30.2%
2005 0.1% +15.6%
2006 0.2% +33.7%
2007 0.2% +13.1%
2008 0.2% +5.5%
2009 0.2% +11.2%
2010 0.3% +21.7%
2011 0.3% +9.7%
2012 0.4% +5.3%
2013 0.4% +8.3%
2014 0.4% -1.7%
2015 0.4% +4.8%
2016 0.4% +2.1%
2017 0.4% +5.6%
2018 0.4% +3.3%
2019 0.5% +8.5%
2020 0.5% +9.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10
2000s 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1

Countries ranked near Ghana

  1. 81 Pakistan 0.6% compare
  2. 82 Cambodia 0.6% compare
  3. 83 Brunei Darussalam 0.5% compare
  4. 85 Lithuania 0.5% compare
  5. 86 Burkina Faso 0.5% compare
  6. 87 Senegal 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ghana?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Ghana was 0.5% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Ghana?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Ghana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1991.
How does Ghana rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Ghana ranks 84th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Ghana?
Over the last ten years it is up 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Ghana 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.