Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Suriname
Suriname: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 1.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Suriname, 2000–2020
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Suriname is 1.6%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 81.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Suriname peaked at 1.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2006.
That places Suriname 40th out of 167 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +48.9% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Suriname
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 78,491 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 11.1 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 136.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 1.37 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 124.47 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 976.76 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 1.06 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 1.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.18 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,844 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Suriname?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Suriname was 1.6% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2006.
- How does Suriname rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Suriname ranks 40th out of 167 countries with data for 2020.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.