Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Niger
Niger: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.1% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Niger, 1998–2018
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life insurance premium volume to gdp in Niger is 0.1%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Niger peaked at 0.1% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.
That places Niger 128th out of 162 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -30.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +46.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +54.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +47.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 9 |
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More financial sector data for Niger
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 94.3 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 73,112 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), annual growth rate 34.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per unit of GDP 34.01 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU), per capita 26,370 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net migration, annual growth rate -90.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net migration -7,704 (2025)
- Official exchange rate 581.93 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 9.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Niger?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Niger was 0.1% in 2018, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2018.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- How does Niger rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Niger ranks 128th out of 162 countries with data for 2018.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.