According to a survey conducted in Japan in 2021, about 94 percent of households with a household income of 10 million Japanese yen or more had at least one member who owned life insurance. Among households with a household income of fewer than two million yen, the life insurance ownership rate stood at around 73.8 percent.
Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan in 2021, by household income
among general households with two or more members; including individual annuity insurance
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
Household ownership rate = (number of households in which at least one member has taken out life insurance / total number of surveyed households) x 100
100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022.
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Japan Institute of Life Insurance. (December 20, 2021). Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan in 2021, by household income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289680/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households-by-household-income/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance. "Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan in 2021, by household income." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289680/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households-by-household-income/
Japan Institute of Life Insurance. (2021). Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan in 2021, by household income. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289680/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households-by-household-income/
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Life insurance ownership rate among households in Japan in 2021, by household income [Graph], Japan Institute of Life Insurance, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289680/japan-life-insurance-ownership-households-by-household-income/