Australia - 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 Australia was 2.84 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.31 in 1993 and a minimum value of 0.12 in 1966.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.38 |
| 1961 | 0.19 |
| 1963 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 0.50 |
| 1966 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 0.22 |
| 1968 | 1.37 |
| 1969 | 2.48 |
| 1970 | 2.12 |
| 1971 | 2.17 |
| 1972 | 2.51 |
| 1973 | 2.25 |
| 1974 | 1.95 |
| 1975 | 2.91 |
| 1976 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 3.51 |
| 1978 | 3.31 |
| 1979 | 2.35 |
| 1980 | 1.91 |
| 1981 | 2.36 |
| 1982 | 2.76 |
| 1983 | 3.55 |
| 1984 | 4.30 |
| 1985 | 5.79 |
| 1986 | 6.18 |
| 1987 | 6.23 |
| 1988 | 5.49 |
| 1989 | 4.74 |
| 1990 | 4.81 |
| 1991 | 5.99 |
| 1992 | 6.98 |
| 1993 | 8.31 |
| 1994 | 8.09 |
| 1995 | 7.16 |
| 1996 | 6.35 |
| 1997 | 5.61 |
| 1998 | 4.90 |
| 1999 | 5.09 |
| 2000 | 4.70 |
| 2001 | 4.43 |
| 2002 | 4.38 |
| 2003 | 4.32 |
| 2004 | 3.81 |
| 2005 | 3.63 |
| 2006 | 3.58 |
| 2007 | 3.27 |
| 2008 | 2.84 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
