Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Peru

Peru: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9%
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
70th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2020
All-time low
0.0%
in 1993
Years of data
28
1993–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Peru, 1993–2020

00.20.40.60.81993200620201993: 0.007 %1994: 0.068 %1995: 0.069 %1996: 0.168 %1997: 0.217 %1998: 0.272 %1999: 0.327 %2000: 0.385 %2001: 0.402 %2002: 0.412 %2003: 0.603 %2004: 0.578 %2005: 0.57 %2006: 0.523 %2007: 0.464 %2008: 0.467 %2009: 0.515 %2010: 0.707 %2011: 0.677 %2012: 0.67 %2013: 0.706 %2014: 0.794 %2015: 0.859 %2016: 0.721 %2017: 0.71 %2018: 0.787 %2019: 0.843 %2020: 0.87 %

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

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.9% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Peru peaked at 0.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1993.

That places Peru 70th out of 162 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Peru, 1993 to 2020.
Year % Change
1993 0.0%
1994 0.1% +948.9%
1995 0.1% +1.6%
1996 0.2% +142.1%
1997 0.2% +29.3%
1998 0.3% +25.2%
1999 0.3% +20.0%
2000 0.4% +17.9%
2001 0.4% +4.4%
2002 0.4% +2.5%
2003 0.6% +46.3%
2004 0.6% -4.1%
2005 0.6% -1.3%
2006 0.5% -8.2%
2007 0.5% -11.3%
2008 0.5% +0.7%
2009 0.5% +10.2%
2010 0.7% +37.4%
2011 0.7% -4.3%
2012 0.7% -1.1%
2013 0.7% +5.5%
2014 0.8% +12.4%
2015 0.9% +8.2%
2016 0.7% -16.1%
2017 0.7% -1.6%
2018 0.8% +10.9%
2019 0.8% +7.1%
2020 0.9% +3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 7
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 10
2020s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1

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  3. 69 Lebanon 0.9% compare
  4. 71 Suriname 0.8% compare
  5. 72 New Zealand 0.8% compare
  6. 73 Panama 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Peru?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Peru was 0.9% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2020.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1993.
How does Peru rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Peru ranks 70th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru 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.