Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador

El Salvador: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
1.3%
Change on year
up 8.0%
World rank
60th
of 167 countries
All-time high
1.8%
in 2008
All-time low
0.7%
in 1991
Years of data
31
1990–2020

Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador, 1990–2020

00.511.521990200520201990: 0.708 %1991: 0.705 %1992: 0.824 %1993: 0.895 %1994: 0.938 %1995: 0.924 %1996: 0.9 %1997: 0.781 %1998: 0.774 %1999: 0.835 %2000: 0.905 %2001: 1.2 %2002: 1.4 %2003: 1.4 %2004: 1.4 %2005: 1.3 %2006: 1.3 %2007: 1.4 %2008: 1.8 %2009: 1.3 %2010: 1.3 %2011: 1.2 %2012: 1.1 %2013: 1.2 %2014: 1.1 %2015: 1.1 %2016: 1.2 %2017: 1.2 %2018: 1.2 %2019: 1.2 %2020: 1.3 %

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

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 1.3% for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador peaked at 1.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1991.

That places El Salvador 60th out of 167 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in El Salvador, 1990 to 2020.
Year % Change
1990 0.7%
1991 0.7% -0.3%
1992 0.8% +16.8%
1993 0.9% +8.7%
1994 0.9% +4.8%
1995 0.9% -1.5%
1996 0.9% -2.6%
1997 0.8% -13.3%
1998 0.8% -0.9%
1999 0.8% +7.9%
2000 0.9% +8.5%
2001 1.2% +37.9%
2002 1.4% +12.9%
2003 1.4% +1.1%
2004 1.4% -3.3%
2005 1.3% -6.5%
2006 1.3% +2.2%
2007 1.4% +3.2%
2008 1.8% +35.7%
2009 1.3% -30.0%
2010 1.3% -2.9%
2011 1.2% -7.1%
2012 1.1% -4.5%
2013 1.2% +4.6%
2014 1.1% -4.3%
2015 1.1% +3.1%
2016 1.2% +3.0%
2017 1.2% -1.9%
2018 1.2% +2.5%
2019 1.2% +3.0%
2020 1.3% +8.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 10
2000s 1.3% 0.9% 1.8% 10
2010s 1.2% 1.1% 1.3% 10
2020s 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador?
Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in El Salvador was 1.3% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2008.
What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
El Salvador ranks 60th out of 167 countries with data for 2020.
Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador 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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Indicator
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
Sigma Reports, Swiss Re
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 4,353 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.