Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.7%
Change on year
up 19.9%
World rank
75th
of 162 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2020
All-time low
0.4%
in 1995
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Life insurance premium volume to GDP in Sri Lanka, 1995–2020

00.20.40.60.81995200720201995: 0.364 %1996: 0.386 %1997: 0.395 %1998: 0.405 %1999: 0.417 %2000: 0.42 %2001: 0.45 %2002: 0.464 %2003: 0.509 %2004: 0.523 %2005: 0.528 %2006: 0.509 %2007: 0.506 %2008: 0.468 %2009: 0.434 %2010: 0.486 %2011: 0.487 %2012: 0.429 %2013: 0.434 %2014: 0.43 %2015: 0.49 %2016: 0.529 %2017: 0.537 %2018: 0.559 %2019: 0.591 %2020: 0.709 %

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.7% for life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 19.9% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life insurance premium volume to gdp in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1995.

Sri Lanka ranks 75th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Sri Lanka, 1995 to 2020.
Year % Change
1995 0.4%
1996 0.4% +5.8%
1997 0.4% +2.5%
1998 0.4% +2.3%
1999 0.4% +3.0%
2000 0.4% +0.8%
2001 0.4% +7.1%
2002 0.5% +3.1%
2003 0.5% +9.7%
2004 0.5% +2.8%
2005 0.5% +0.9%
2006 0.5% -3.6%
2007 0.5% -0.6%
2008 0.5% -7.5%
2009 0.4% -7.3%
2010 0.5% +12.0%
2011 0.5% +0.3%
2012 0.4% -11.9%
2013 0.4% +1.2%
2014 0.4% -0.9%
2015 0.5% +13.9%
2016 0.5% +7.9%
2017 0.5% +1.5%
2018 0.6% +4.1%
2019 0.6% +5.8%
2020 0.7% +19.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 5
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1

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  3. 74 Croatia 0.7% compare
  4. 76 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6% compare
  5. 77 Malawi 0.6% compare
  6. 78 Poland 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life insurance premium volume to gdp in Sri Lanka?
Life insurance premium volume to gdp in Sri Lanka was 0.7% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
What is the lowest life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1995.
How does Sri Lanka rank for life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Sri Lanka ranks 75th out of 162 countries with data for 2020.
Is life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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
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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.