Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Mauritius
Mauritius: Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) was 1.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Mauritius, 1990–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 1.8% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2019.
That represents a change of down 31.6% on the previous year and down 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius peaked at 4.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 1990.
That places Mauritius 40th out of 162 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.6% | — |
| 1991 | 1.6% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.7% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | -19.5% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | -45.4% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -31.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 1.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 3.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 1.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2%, 7.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Mauritius changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -45.4% | 4.2% | 2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 1.8% | 4.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More financial sector data for Mauritius
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 40.66 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0023 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 29.69 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 40.66 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius was 1.8% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 1990.
- How does Mauritius rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Mauritius ranks 40th out of 162 countries with data for 2019.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.