Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Pakistan
Pakistan: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Pakistan, 1995–2020
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Pakistan stood at 0.6%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Pakistan peaked at 0.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2001.
Pakistan ranks 81st 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.3% | — |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 78 Poland 0.6% compare
- 79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% compare
- 80 United Arab Emirates 0.6% compare
- 82 Cambodia 0.6% compare
- 83 Brunei Darussalam 0.5% compare
- 84 Ghana 0.5% compare
More financial sector data for Pakistan
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 219,254 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 137.38 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 10.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 72.88 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 6.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 12.50 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 12.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 19.32 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 19.32 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 75.69 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Pakistan?
- Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Pakistan was 0.6% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2001.
- How does Pakistan rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Pakistan ranks 81st out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
- Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.