Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Mauritius
Mauritius: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Mauritius, 1990–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius stood at 1.4%.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius peaked at 2.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2016.
That places Mauritius 52nd out of 167 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.5% | — |
| 1991 | 1.7% | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 2.0% | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Mauritius
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 869,032 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 66.89 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 13.97 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 1.27 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 6.00 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 6.25 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 7.53 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 7.51 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 6,042 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Mauritius was 1.4% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2016.
- How does Mauritius rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Mauritius ranks 52nd out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.