Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Peru
Peru: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Peru, 1993–2020
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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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More financial sector data for Peru
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -0.9173 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 6.92 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1801 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,744 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 6.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,806 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 8.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,909 SDR per person (2025)
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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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.