According to a survey conducted in 2021, the life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan stood at almost 90 percent. Since 2009, the share of households in which at least one member has taken out life insurance has slightly decreased.
Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021
among general households with two or more members; including individual annuity insurance
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
*Number of respondents of the survey conducted in 2021. The survey was conducted between April 16 and May 16, 2021.
Sample size of previous surveys:
2009: n=4,054
2012: n=4,063
2015: n=4,020
2018: n=3,983
Household ownership rate = (number of households in which at least one member has taken out life insurance / total number of surveyed households) x 100
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Japan Institute of Life Insurance. (December 20, 2021). Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance. "Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance. (2021). Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance. "Life Insurance Ownership Rate among Households in Japan from 2009 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance, Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan from 2009 to 2021 [Graph], Japan Institute of Life Insurance, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1283347/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households/