Insurance indicators — Penetration in Poland
Poland: Insurance indicators — Penetration was 2.22 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▲ Rising
Insurance indicators — Penetration in Poland, 1995–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance indicators — penetration in Poland is 2.22 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance indicators — penetration in Poland peaked at 4.56 Percentage of GDP in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.19 Percentage of GDP, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Insurance indicators — Penetration in Poland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1.19 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 1.93 Percentage of GDP | +61.9% |
| 1997 | 2.36 Percentage of GDP | +22.3% |
| 1998 | 2.57 Percentage of GDP | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 2.72 Percentage of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 2.82 Percentage of GDP | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.89 Percentage of GDP | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 2.9 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 3.07 Percentage of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 3.46 Percentage of GDP | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 3.63 Percentage of GDP | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 4.56 Percentage of GDP | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 3.7 Percentage of GDP | -18.9% |
| 2010 | 3.72 Percentage of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 3.62 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 3.82 Percentage of GDP | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 3.49 Percentage of GDP | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 3.18 Percentage of GDP | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 2.95 Percentage of GDP | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 2.9 Percentage of GDP | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 3.02 Percentage of GDP | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 2.79 Percentage of GDP | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 2.63 Percentage of GDP | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 2.48 Percentage of GDP | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 2.22 Percentage of GDP | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 2.17 Percentage of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.22 Percentage of GDP | +2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance indicators — Penetration in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +61.9% | 1.19 Percentage of GDP | 1.93 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.15 Percentage of GDP | 1.19 Percentage of GDP | 2.72 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.25 Percentage of GDP | 2.75 Percentage of GDP | 4.56 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.21 Percentage of GDP | 2.63 Percentage of GDP | 3.82 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.33 Percentage of GDP | 2.17 Percentage of GDP | 2.56 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 2 Slovenia 3.63 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Croatia 2.29 Percentage of GDP compare
- 2 Hong Kong 18.53 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 Estonia 3.62 Percentage of GDP compare
- 3 United States 12.68 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 Latvia 3.05 Percentage of GDP compare
- 4 South Africa 12.66 Percentage of GDP compare
- 5 Sweden 12.38 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 Lithuania 2.02 Percentage of GDP compare
- 6 United Kingdom 11.75 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Ireland 11.69 Percentage of GDP compare
- 7 Türkiye 1.86 Percentage of GDP compare
- 8 Denmark 11.61 Percentage of GDP compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance indicators — penetration in Poland?
- Insurance indicators — penetration in Poland was 2.22 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest insurance indicators — penetration recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 4.56 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- What is the lowest insurance indicators — penetration recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.19 Percentage of GDP in 1995.
- How does Poland rank for insurance indicators — penetration?
- Poland ranks 5th out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insurance indicators — penetration rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Insurance indicators — Penetration. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset includes key indicators on the insurance industry, such as insurance penetration (gross written premiums as a percentage of GDP), insurance density (gross written premiums in USD per capita), the share of life and non-life insurance in the total insurance business (life and non-life gross written premiums as a percentage of gross premiums), the retention ratio (net written premiums as a percentage of gross premiums) and the reinsurance share (reinsurance accepted as a percentage of gross premiums). This dataset also shows the domestic market share of foreign-controlled undertakings and branches/agencies in each reporting jurisdiction, and the geographical distribution of premiums written within the OECD.