Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Argentina
Argentina: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) was 2.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Argentina, 1979–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance and financial services in Argentina is 2.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 364.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Argentina peaked at 2.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
Argentina ranks 95th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.4% | — |
| 1980 | 0.4% | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4% | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | -13.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4% | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -45.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +39.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | -77.9% |
| 1988 | 0.1% | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | +354.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | -81.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1% | +212.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +22.4% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | +950.6% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -74.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -46.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -33.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -27.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +207.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | -75.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -71.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +70.3% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +2676.6% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -22.1% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +29.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -40.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +53.3% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +23.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +33.0% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | +41.1% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -14.2% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +65.7% |
| 2025 | 2.9% | +16.1% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 2.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 2.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.8%, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +2676.6% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | +950.6% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| 1989 | +354.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 92 Egypt 3.1% compare
- 93 Ecuador 3.0% compare
- 94 Azerbaijan 3.0% compare
- 96 Zambia 2.9% compare
- 97 Bangladesh 2.8% compare
- 98 Dominican Republic 2.8% compare
More private sector data for Argentina
- Merchandise trade 23.8% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 75.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 29.74 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 12.6% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 87.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 18.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,900 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Argentina?
- Insurance and financial services in Argentina was 2.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Argentina rank for insurance and financial services?
- Argentina ranks 95th out of 190 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 364.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.