Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Other small states
Other small states: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) was 4.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Insurance and financial services in Other small states, 2001–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in Other small states stood at 4.5%.
The figure is up 11.0% on the previous year and down 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Other small states peaked at 11.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2002.
That places Other small states 29th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Other small states, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2.1% | — |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -23.9% |
| 2008 | 8.8% | +456.9% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | +25.1% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -16.1% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 7.4% | -22.6% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | -28.0% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 5.9% | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | +11.6% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -29.5% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 4.5% | +11.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in Other small states 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +456.9% | 1.6% | 8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 1.6% | 8.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 4.6% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 4.1% | 6.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Other small states
More private sector data for Other small states
- Merchandise trade 70.8% (2025)
- Food imports 14.7% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 104.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 70.32 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 18.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 44.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 68.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 103.85 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,255 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Other small states?
- Insurance and financial services in Other small states was 4.5% 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 Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2002.
- How does Other small states rank for insurance and financial services?
- Other small states ranks 29th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Other small states 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.