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What is Life Insurance Business Worth?

Life Insurance Premium (USD) (USD mil), 2013 or latest

Insurance | February 22, 2018

$2.99

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Based on a comparison of 56 countries in 2013, USA ranked the highest in life insurance premium with USD 881,541 mil followed by Japan and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was El Salvador with USD 11.0 mil, Costa Rica with USD 12.1 mil and Honduras with USD 15.9 mil.

Data for more countries are available at Life Insurance Premium (USD) indicator page.

Life Insurance Premium (USD)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Australia	USD mil		...	...												41,494	38,859	32,342	40,319	47,986
China	USD mil	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		58,691	95,800	109,161	143,000	134,534		...
Denmark	USD mil															18,643	21,963	19,957	20,613	23,119
France	USD mil															186,962	178,936	...	...	179,648
Germany	USD mil															117,124	126,888	114,136	115,142	116,688
India	USD mil	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	62,511	...	...
Ireland	USD mil										...					52,806	69,156	37,803	36,302	35,291
Italy	USD mil															91,015	84,830	62,709	65,165	65,012
Japan	USD mil															270,300	340,431	376,800	399,986	459,095
South Africa	USD mil	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	39,094	43,278
South Korea	USD mil	...														79,398	67,594	61,414	71,896	79,366
Spain	USD mil															31,934	40,218	40,597	36,236	40,503
Switzerland	USD mil															23,926	29,194	27,361	29,212	34,639
USA	USD mil															778,804	810,715	798,795	799,066	864,830
United Kingdom	USD mil															480,325	296,411	238,460	215,396	225,726