Aflac Incorporated: operating income or loss
Aflac operating income or loss: $4.16 billion for the year ending 2022-12-31, down 15.7% on the year. 14 values since 2009, each linked to its SEC filing.
All Aflac Incorporated financial histories
At a glance
Aflac reported operating income or loss of $4.16 billion for the year ending 2022-12-31, down 15.7% from $4.93 billion a year earlier. From 2009 to 2022 it grew at a compound 1.5% a year, from $3.44 billion to $4.16 billion. Across the last five reported years it ranged from $4.16 billion (2022-12-31) to $4.93 billion (2021-12-31). That was 21.7% of revenue ($19.1 billion) for the same year.
Computed from the values in the table below, in USD; each links to the filing it came from.
What this measure means
Operating revenue less operating expenses for the reporting period. It excludes items outside the reported operating result and is not free cash flow.
Exact concept: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.
Coverage of this history
Selected reporting periods run from 2008-12-31 to 2022-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.
This selected history ends more than two years before capture. Do not treat its final value as a current balance or current annual result. More recent filings may use another accounting tag; inspect the filings before drawing conclusions about the company.
Selected filing history
| Period start | Period end | Value | Unit | Filed | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 4,157,000,000 | USD | 2023-02-24 | 10-K · 0000004977-23-000055 SEC |
| 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 4,934,000,000 | USD | 2023-02-24 | 10-K · 0000004977-23-000055 SEC |
| 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 4,416,000,000 | USD | 2023-02-24 | 10-K · 0000004977-23-000055 SEC |
| 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 4,461,000,000 | USD | 2022-02-23 | 10-K · 0000004977-22-000058 SEC |
| 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 4,354,000,000 | USD | 2021-02-23 | 10-K · 0000004977-21-000047 SEC |
| 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | 4,087,000,000 | USD | 2020-02-21 | 10-K · 0000004977-20-000044 SEC |
| 2016-01-01 | 2016-12-31 | 4,117,000,000 | USD | 2019-02-25 | 10-K · 0000004977-19-000049 SEC |
| 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | 4,001,000,000 | USD | 2018-02-23 | 10-K · 0000004977-18-000054 SEC |
| 2014-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | 4,253,000,000 | USD | 2017-02-24 | 10-K · 0000004977-17-000064 SEC |
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | 4,399,000,000 | USD | 2016-02-25 | 10-K · 0000004977-16-000259 SEC |
| 2012-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | 4,658,000,000 | USD | 2015-02-26 | 10-K · 0000004977-15-000071 SEC |
| 2011-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | 4,502,000,000 | USD | 2014-02-27 | 10-K · 0000004977-14-000052 SEC |
| 2010-12-31 | 2011-12-31 | 4,544,000,000 | USD | 2012-02-27 | 10-K · 0001193125-12-081967 SEC |
| 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | 3,983,000,000 | USD | 2013-02-27 | 10-K · 0000004977-13-000030 SEC |
| 2009-12-31 | 2010-12-31 | 4,007,000,000 | USD | 2012-02-27 | 10-K · 0001193125-12-081967 SEC |
| 2008-12-31 | 2009-12-31 | 3,435,000,000 | USD | 2012-02-27 | 10-K · 0001193125-12-081967 SEC |
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