Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malaysia
Malaysia: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 2.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malaysia, 1990–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malaysia is 2.4%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malaysia peaked at 3.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1990.
Malaysia ranks 29th of 162 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.2% | — |
| 1991 | 1.3% | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 2.0% | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | +34.8% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -12.4% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 82,207 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.26 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 43.75 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 3.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 82.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 87.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 91.67 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,548 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malaysia?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malaysia was 2.4% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1990.
- How does Malaysia rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Malaysia ranks 29th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.