Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Greece
Greece: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Greece, 1995–2020
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 1.1% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Greece peaked at 1.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Greece ranks 60th of 162 countries on this measure, 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.7% | — |
| 1996 | 0.7% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -99.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +29867.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More financial sector data for Greece
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 7.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 3.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.0108 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 289.86 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 34.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 556.66 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 50.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,686 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Greece?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Greece was 1.1% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Greece rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Greece ranks 60th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.