Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Qatar
Qatar: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Qatar, 1990–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 1.0% for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.4% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Qatar peaked at 2.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2008.
That places Qatar 88th 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 Qatar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.1% | — |
| 1991 | 1.2% | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 1.4% | +15.2% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | -27.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -38.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +23.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +31.6% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +75.9% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -35.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -45.8% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +66.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +24.5% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +66.7% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -62.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
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More financial sector data for Qatar
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 517,098 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 7.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 129.63 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 11.81 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 27.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 28.97 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 40.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 40.70 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 13,694 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Qatar?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Qatar was 1.0% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2008.
- How does Qatar rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Qatar ranks 88th out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar 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.