Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Bahrain
Bahrain: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Bahrain, 1991–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Bahrain stood at 0.7%. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Bahrain peaked at 1.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2019.
Bahrain ranks 104th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.1% | — |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 1.3% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 7,763 current LCU per person (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3271 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.22 % change on previous year (2015)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 5.25 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 478.40 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.84 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,402 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Bahrain?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Bahrain was 0.7% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
- How does Bahrain rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Bahrain ranks 104th out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Sigma Reports, Swiss Re, published as part of Non-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.