Insurance and financial services in Argentina
Argentina: Insurance and financial services was 3.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Insurance and financial services in Argentina, 1992–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in Argentina stood at 3.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Argentina peaked at 7.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1992.
That places Argentina 150th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.7% | — |
| 1993 | 4.2% | +140.5% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 7.1% | +69.3% |
| 1996 | 6.1% | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 5.5% | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 5.4% | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | -22.9% |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -55.8% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +125.2% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | -14.1% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | +44.4% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -39.9% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | +38.6% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | +43.2% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 3.4% | -5.9% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 3.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 55% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 3.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.1%, 34% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +140.5% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| 2003 | +125.2% | 2.2% | 4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 1.7% | 7.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 2.2% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.6% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More private sector data for Argentina
- Merchandise trade 23.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 79.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 75.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 87.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,900 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1275 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.29 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Argentina?
- Insurance and financial services in Argentina was 3.4% 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 7.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1992.
- How does Argentina rank for insurance and financial services?
- Argentina ranks 150th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.