Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malawi

Malawi: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9%
Change on year
up 6.9%
World rank
91st
of 167 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 1992
All-time low
0.5%
in 1997
Years of data
28
1990–2019

Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Malawi, 1990–2019

00.250.50.7511990200420191990: 0.861 %1991: 0.841 %1992: 1 %1993: 0.859 %1996: 0.682 %1997: 0.526 %1998: 0.572 %1999: 0.623 %2000: 0.666 %2001: 0.624 %2002: 0.549 %2003: 0.58 %2004: 0.532 %2005: 0.617 %2006: 0.637 %2007: 0.708 %2008: 0.791 %2009: 0.846 %2010: 0.793 %2011: 0.679 %2012: 0.779 %2013: 0.915 %2014: 0.939 %2015: 0.866 %2016: 0.806 %2017: 0.833 %2018: 0.829 %2019: 0.886 %

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

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.9% for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi peaked at 1.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1997.

Malawi ranks 91st of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP (%) in Malawi, 1990 to 2019.
Year % Change
1990 0.9%
1991 0.8% -2.3%
1992 1.0% +21.4%
1993 0.9% -15.9%
1996 0.7% -20.6%
1997 0.5% -22.9%
1998 0.6% +8.9%
1999 0.6% +9.0%
2000 0.7% +6.8%
2001 0.6% -6.4%
2002 0.5% -12.0%
2003 0.6% +5.6%
2004 0.5% -8.2%
2005 0.6% +16.0%
2006 0.6% +3.2%
2007 0.7% +11.2%
2008 0.8% +11.8%
2009 0.8% +6.9%
2010 0.8% -6.2%
2011 0.7% -14.5%
2012 0.8% +14.9%
2013 0.9% +17.4%
2014 0.9% +2.7%
2015 0.9% -7.8%
2016 0.8% -6.9%
2017 0.8% +3.3%
2018 0.8% -0.5%
2019 0.9% +6.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.5% 1.0% 8
2000s 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi?
Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Malawi was 0.9% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1992.
What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1997.
How does Malawi rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
Malawi ranks 91st out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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
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.