Insurance and financial services in OECD members
OECD members: Insurance and financial services was 15.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in OECD members, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 15.0% for insurance and financial services in 2025.
The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in OECD members peaked at 15.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 1977.
OECD members ranks 4th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2.3% | — |
| 1978 | 2.5% | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 3.2% | +29.2% |
| 1980 | 3.0% | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 3.5% | +16.4% |
| 1982 | 3.7% | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 4.2% | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 4.2% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 4.6% | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 6.8% | +47.3% |
| 1987 | 6.5% | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 6.4% | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 6.3% | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 6.5% | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 7.1% | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 8.6% | +21.8% |
| 1993 | 7.9% | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 6.0% | -23.4% |
| 1995 | 6.2% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 6.5% | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 6.9% | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 6.9% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 10.7% | +56.0% |
| 2000 | 11.4% | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 11.1% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 12.8% | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 13.3% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 13.4% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 12.6% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 12.3% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 12.9% | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 13.1% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 15.0% | +14.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in OECD members 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +56.0% | 6.9% | 10.7% |
| 1986 | +47.3% | 4.6% | 6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 3 |
| 1980s | 4.9% | 3.0% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.3% | 6.0% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 11.1% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 12.3% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 12.9% | 15.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 1 Libya 94.1% compare
- 2 Luxembourg 59.8% compare
- 3 Cayman Islands 55.2% compare
- 4 Sierra Leone 32.7% compare
- 5 Bahrain 31.3% compare
- 6 Liberia 30.3% compare
- 7 Hong Kong, China 26.9% compare
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0107 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1456 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 8,471 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1733 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 5.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 554.27 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 779.17 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.09 trillion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0151 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in OECD members?
- Insurance and financial services in OECD members was 15.0% 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 1977.
- How does OECD members rank for insurance and financial services?
- OECD members ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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 service exports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.