Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malawi

Malawi: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 13.2%
World rank
77th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 2005
Years of data
23
1997–2019

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malawi, 1997–2019

0.20.30.40.50.61997200820191997: 0.277 %1998: 0.277 %1999: 0.268 %2000: 0.326 %2001: 0.444 %2002: 0.407 %2003: 0.381 %2004: 0.422 %2005: 0.155 %2006: 0.165 %2007: 0.206 %2008: 0.315 %2009: 0.209 %2010: 0.25 %2011: 0.234 %2012: 0.341 %2013: 0.362 %2014: 0.365 %2015: 0.582 %2016: 0.493 %2017: 0.515 %2018: 0.564 %2019: 0.638 %

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi is 0.6%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 205.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2005.

Malawi ranks 77th of 162 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Malawi, 1997 to 2019.
Year % Change
1997 0.3%
1998 0.3% -0.0%
1999 0.3% -3.5%
2000 0.3% +21.8%
2001 0.4% +36.2%
2002 0.4% -8.3%
2003 0.4% -6.4%
2004 0.4% +10.8%
2005 0.2% -63.2%
2006 0.2% +6.4%
2007 0.2% +24.3%
2008 0.3% +53.2%
2009 0.2% -33.7%
2010 0.3% +19.9%
2011 0.2% -6.5%
2012 0.3% +45.7%
2013 0.4% +6.0%
2014 0.4% +0.9%
2015 0.6% +59.5%
2016 0.5% -15.3%
2017 0.5% +4.4%
2018 0.6% +9.5%
2019 0.6% +13.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 3
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.2% 0.6% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi was 0.6% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2005.
How does Malawi rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Malawi ranks 77th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 205.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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.