Barbados - 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 Barbados was 10.57 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.82 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.40 in 1979.
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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1967 | 8.09 |
| 1968 | 6.22 |
| 1969 | 5.15 |
| 1970 | 4.62 |
| 1971 | 4.39 |
| 1972 | 4.01 |
| 1973 | 3.94 |
| 1974 | 4.89 |
| 1975 | 4.66 |
| 1976 | 4.60 |
| 1977 | 3.94 |
| 1978 | 3.72 |
| 1979 | 1.40 |
| 1980 | 2.50 |
| 1981 | 2.50 |
| 1982 | 2.55 |
| 1983 | 2.63 |
| 1984 | 3.93 |
| 1985 | 3.76 |
| 1986 | 4.88 |
| 1987 | 5.21 |
| 1988 | 5.17 |
| 1989 | 5.44 |
| 1990 | 8.32 |
| 1991 | 7.03 |
| 1992 | 8.12 |
| 1993 | 8.50 |
| 1994 | 10.66 |
| 1995 | 9.27 |
| 1996 | 8.15 |
| 1997 | 6.90 |
| 1998 | 7.18 |
| 1999 | 7.26 |
| 2000 | 10.82 |
| 2001 | 7.34 |
| 2002 | 7.18 |
| 2003 | 5.91 |
| 2004 | 5.52 |
| 2005 | 6.10 |
| 2006 | 6.50 |
| 2007 | 5.85 |
| 2008 | 4.65 |
| 2009 | 4.09 |
| 2010 | 3.72 |
| 2011 | 5.63 |
| 2012 | 4.95 |
| 2013 | 5.05 |
| 2014 | 3.36 |
| 2015 | 8.35 |
| 2016 | 10.57 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports