Insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Insurance and financial services was 5.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific, 1996–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 5.9% for insurance and financial services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 7.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2000.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 33rd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4.0% | — |
| 1997 | 4.1% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 4.3% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 4.0% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 5.1% | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +43.1% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | -7.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +43.1% | 5.1% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 30 Yemen 12.4% compare
- 31 Togo 12.1% compare
- 32 Dominican Republic 11.9% compare
- 33 Hong Kong 11.9% compare
- 34 East Timor 11.9% compare
- 35 Chile 11.7% compare
- 36 Kyrgyzstan 11.7% compare
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 769.41 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3301 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,646 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2845 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 4,005 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 4.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0547 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 2.5% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 4,653 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific?
- Insurance and financial services in East Asia & Pacific was 5.9% 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 East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2000.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for insurance and financial services?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 33rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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 imports, 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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.