Households' assets in life insurance reserves as of GDP fell 7.92% to 15.5% in Switzerland in 2021, according to OECD.
Historically, households' assets in life insurance reserves as of GDP in Switzerland reached an all time high of 19.3% in 2002 and an all time low of 15.4% in 2014. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, households' assets in life insurance reserves as of GDP in Austria amounted to 19.1%, 90.4% in France, 32.0% in Germany and 53.5% in Italy in 2021.
Switzerland has been ranked 17th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of households' assets in life insurance reserves as of GDP, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Households' Assets In Life Insurance Reserves (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | % | 20.7% | 19.4% | 23.0% | 19.6% | 21.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 40.6% | 44.3% | 46.7% | 39.9% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 74.3% | 81.4% | 89.3% | 78.1% | 84.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 29.8% | 28.9% | 32.2% | 29.1% | 30.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 5.07% | 4.99% | 4.94% | 4.44% | 4.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 36.4% | 37.3% | 43.9% | 39.5% | 45.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 4.18% | 3.96% | 4.35% | 3.21% | 3.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 7.48% | 7.34% | 7.99% | 6.63% | 6.87% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 13.8% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 13.6% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 16.2% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 15.5% | 15.7% |
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