Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) was 12.5% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Insurance and financial services in Pre-demographic dividend, 2005–2025
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 Pre-demographic dividend stood at 12.5%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 12.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2005.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8.4% | — |
| 2006 | 9.1% | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 11.0% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 10.9% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 9.2% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 8.9% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 9.0% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 9.7% | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | +16.3% |
| 2025 | 12.5% | +11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 8.4% | 11.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 9.0% | 12.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
- 1 Luxembourg 44.6% compare
- 2 Bahrain 33.8% compare
- 3 Cayman Islands 30.3% compare
- 4 Libya 27.7% compare
- 5 Macao 23.7% compare
- 6 United States 23.6% compare
More private sector data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 45.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 373.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 117.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 5.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 383.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 47.67 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 338.63 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Insurance and financial services in Pre-demographic dividend was 12.5% 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 Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2005.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for insurance and financial services?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.