Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) was 3.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1994–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 3.7% for insurance and financial services in 2025. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 90.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 3.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1997.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2.0% | — |
| 1995 | 1.6% | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 1.8% | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | -51.9% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | +75.7% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | +19.1% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +37.0% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | +27.6% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | +24.2% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -19.5% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +19.2% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | +51.5% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -24.8% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 3.6% | +49.5% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 3.7% | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 796.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 169.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 57.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 584.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 250.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,309 current US$ per person (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Insurance and financial services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 3.7% 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 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1997.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for insurance and financial services?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.