Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Uganda
Uganda: Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP was 0.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Uganda, 1991–2020
Source: Sigma Reports, Swiss Re. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.4% for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in 2020.
That represents a change of up 13.5% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Uganda peaked at 0.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1993.
That places Uganda 137th out of 167 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.2% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | +60.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +14.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -17.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +34.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -25.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 134 Brunei Darussalam 0.5% compare
- 135 Guyana 0.4% compare
- 136 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.4% compare
- 138 Azerbaijan 0.4% compare
- 139 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% compare
- 140 Ethiopia 0.4% compare
More financial sector data for Uganda
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 977,433 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 810.27 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2024)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.53 billion SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.67 billion SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 53.4 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Uganda?
- Non-life insurance premium volume to gdp in Uganda was 0.4% in 2020, according to Sigma Reports, Swiss Re.
- What is the highest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest non-life insurance premium volume to gdp recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1993.
- How does Uganda rank for non-life insurance premium volume to gdp?
- Uganda ranks 137th out of 167 countries with data for 2020.
- Is non-life insurance premium volume to gdp rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.