United States's insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) was 22.92% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.6 percentage points from 17.32% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 22.92% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 22.1% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 17.32% | 2015 |
| Highest | 22.92% | 2025 |
| Lowest | 1.02% | 1974 |
| Average since 2016 | 18.82% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.37% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, United States' insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.48 percentage points on 2024 (from 20.44% to 22.92%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.78 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.33 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, United States had the 4th highest value of the 134 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 22.92% | 2025 |
| World | 9.53% | 2025 |
| North America | 20.69% | 2025 |
| High income | 10.54% | 2025 |
Closest to United States in the 2025 ranking
- Luxembourg — 1st of 134: 44.53%
- Bahrain — 2nd of 134: 33.83%
- Macao SAR, China — 3rd of 134: 23.09%
- Iraq — 5th of 134: 21.21%
- Bermuda — 6th of 134: 19.69%
- Tajikistan — 7th of 134: 19.13%
What this measures
Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 56 values
| Year | Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.92 |
| 2024 | 20.44 |
| 2023 | 18.99 |
| 2022 | 17.6 |
| 2021 | 19.77 |
| 2020 | 22.1 |
| 2019 | 16.32 |
| 2018 | 15.66 |
| 2017 | 17.05 |
| 2016 | 17.35 |
| 2015 |
Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for United States
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.39 trillion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$243.27 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$30.77 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 30.77 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$23.22 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 25.15 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$90,027 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 90,027 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$67,946 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 73,574 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United States's insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 22.92% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 21.55 percentage points from 1.37% in 1970. The highest value was 22.92% in 2025 and the lowest 1.02% in 1974.
- How does United States rank?
- 4th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for United States?
- In 2025, United States' insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.48 percentage points on 2024 (from 20.44% to 22.92%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.INSF.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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