Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Switzerland
Switzerland: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 2.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Switzerland, 1990–2019
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Switzerland stood at 2.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Switzerland peaked at 2.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2018.
Switzerland ranks 29th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.2% | — |
| 1991 | 2.2% | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 2.3% | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 2.3% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 2.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 2.3% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More financial sector data for Switzerland
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 141,431 current LCU per person (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.7 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2016)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 1.17 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 106.64 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 667.88 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 678.82 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 785.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 785.03 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 86,338 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Switzerland?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Switzerland was 2.0% in 2019, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2018.
- How does Switzerland rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Switzerland ranks 29th out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.