North America - Insurance and financial services imports

Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in North America was 21.17 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.44 in 2009 and a minimum value of 1.41 in 1974.

Definition: Insurance and financial services cover freight insurance on goods imported and other direct insurance such as life insurance; financial intermediation services such as commissions, foreign exchange transactions, and brokerage services; and auxiliary services such as financial market operational and regulatory services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 2.21
1971 2.50
1972 2.26
1973 1.76
1974 1.41
1975 2.07
1976 2.82
1977 3.08
1978 3.44
1979 3.30
1980 2.98
1981 3.95
1982 4.18
1983 4.35
1984 4.04
1985 5.15
1986 6.56
1987 7.40
1988 5.55
1989 3.94
1990 4.71
1991 5.39
1992 5.28
1993 5.53
1994 5.87
1995 6.12
1996 6.34
1997 6.50
1998 7.22
1999 11.36
2000 12.57
2001 14.70
2002 16.10
2003 16.56
2004 16.70
2005 16.37
2006 18.90
2007 20.63
2008 20.34
2009 21.44
2010 20.54
2011 18.98
2012 18.05
2013 17.14
2014 16.93
2015 16.29
2016 16.47
2017 16.17
2018 14.72
2019 15.42
2020 21.17

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports