Insurance and financial services in Brazil
Brazil: Insurance and financial services was 3.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in Brazil, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 3.2% for insurance and financial services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 28.9% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Brazil peaked at 9.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1978.
Brazil ranks 152nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2.2% | — |
| 1976 | 2.9% | +32.3% |
| 1977 | 2.2% | -23.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | -65.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | +18.5% |
| 1980 | 1.1% | +24.3% |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +22.3% |
| 1982 | 2.1% | +47.7% |
| 1983 | 2.2% | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 4.6% | +108.3% |
| 1985 | 4.0% | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 4.4% | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 6.6% | +50.4% |
| 1988 | 4.5% | -31.2% |
| 1989 | 3.4% | -25.6% |
| 1990 | 2.7% | -19.1% |
| 1991 | 3.0% | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 2.6% | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 7.5% | +185.4% |
| 1994 | 2.7% | -64.3% |
| 1995 | 9.6% | +258.8% |
| 1996 | 3.1% | -67.8% |
| 1997 | 9.1% | +195.0% |
| 1998 | 6.8% | -25.5% |
| 1999 | 6.5% | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 6.7% | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 9.1% | +34.8% |
| 2003 | 8.9% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 6.8% | -23.4% |
| 2005 | 6.3% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 7.7% | +27.4% |
| 2010 | 4.9% | -36.6% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -18.3% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 4.5% | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 3.2% | -28.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 3.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 52% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 3.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.1%, 32% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +258.8% | 2.7% | 9.6% |
| 1997 | +195.0% | 3.1% | 9.1% |
| 1993 | +185.4% | 2.6% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 0.8% | 2.9% | 5 |
| 1980s | 3.4% | 1.1% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.3% | 2.6% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 5.9% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Brazil?
- Insurance and financial services in Brazil was 3.2% 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1978.
- How does Brazil rank for insurance and financial services?
- Brazil ranks 152nd out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.