North America - Insurance and financial services exports

Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports) in North America was 21.55 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.55 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.78 in 1977.

Definition: Insurance and financial services cover freight insurance on goods exported 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 0.83
1971 0.95
1972 1.38
1973 1.14
1974 0.94
1975 1.12
1976 0.92
1977 0.78
1978 0.86
1979 4.25
1980 3.99
1981 6.06
1982 6.53
1983 6.91
1984 6.36
1985 6.51
1986 7.08
1987 7.04
1988 5.56
1989 5.45
1990 4.70
1991 4.93
1992 4.61
1993 5.00
1994 5.05
1995 5.10
1996 5.21
1997 5.78
1998 6.30
1999 9.85
2000 10.24
2001 10.14
2002 11.02
2003 12.17
2004 13.12
2005 13.39
2006 14.55
2007 15.92
2008 15.84
2009 15.68
2010 16.24
2011 16.98
2012 16.61
2013 16.36
2014 16.83
2015 16.15
2016 15.87
2017 16.41
2018 16.31
2019 16.25
2020 21.55

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports