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Summary Prospectus

AZL® MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2

May 1, 2023

AZL® MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and other information about the Fund online at www.allianzlife.com/azlfunds. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-624-0197 or by sending an email request to contact.us@allianzlife.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and SAI, both dated May 1, 2023, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to match the performance of the MSCI World Index as closely as possible.

Fees and Expenses

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The Fund is offered exclusively as an investment option for certain Contracts. The table below reflects only Fund expenses and does not reflect Contract fees and expenses. If Contract fees and expenses were included, the fees and expenses in the following table would be higher. Please refer to the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Class 1	Class 2
Management Fee	0.70%	0.70%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	0.00%	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.09%	0.09%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.79%	1.04%
Fee Waiver(1)	-0.39%	-0.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver(1)	0.40%	0.65%

(1)

The Manager and the Fund have entered into a written agreement reducing the management fee to 0.31% through at least April 30, 2024, after which the fee waiver may be terminated by the Manager or the Fund at any time and for any reason.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and that you reinvest all dividends and distributions. It does not reflect any Contract fees. It reflects the management fee waiver agreement for the first year. If Contract fees were included, the costs shown would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class 1	$41	$213	$400	$942
Class 2	$66	$292	$536	$1,236

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 2% of the average value of its portfolio.

The Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust

Summary Prospectus

AZL® MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2

Investments, Risks, and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI World Index (the “Underlying Index”), which is designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the top 85% of equity market capitalization, as calculated by the index provider, in certain developed market countries. The Underlying Index includes equity securities issued by issuers, which range in size between approximately $620 million and $2.4 trillion as of February 28, 2023, although this range may change from time to time. As of February 28, 2023, the Underlying Index consisted of companies in the following 23 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States; the United States represented approximately 68% of the Underlying Index by weight. The Underlying Index may include large- or mid-capitalization companies. With 1,509 constituents as of February 28, 2023, the Underlying Index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. The components of the Underlying Index, and the degree to which these components represent certain industries, may change over time.

The Subadviser generally uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of the Underlying Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index.

The Fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets, plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes, in securities of the Underlying Index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

The price per share of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in the value of the investments held by the Fund. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective.

The following is a summary of the principal risks to which the Fund’s portfolio as a whole is subject, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (NAV), yield, total return and ability to achieve its investment objective. As changes occur in a Fund’s portfolio holdings, the extent to which the portfolio is subject to each of these risks may also change.

Market Risk – The market value of portfolio securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably.

Issuer Risk – The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer of the security.

Index Fund Risk – The Fund does not attempt to manage market volatility or reduce the effects of poor performance. In addition, factors such as fund expenses, selection of a representative portfolio, changes in the composition of the index, or the timing of purchases or redemptions of fund shares may affect the correlation between the performance of the index and the fund’s performance.

Foreign Securities Risk – Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Currency Risk – Investing in securities that trade in and receive revenues in foreign currencies creates risk because foreign currencies may decline relative to the U.S. dollar, resulting in a potential loss to a fund. In the case of hedging positions, the U.S. dollar may decline in value relative to the currency that has been hedged.

Depositary Receipt Risk – Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those associated with direct investment in foreign securities. Investing in these instruments may expose a fund to credit risk with respect to the issuer of the depositary receipt, in addition to the risks of the underlying investment.

The Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust

Summary Prospectus

AZL® MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2

Technology Sector Risk – Technology companies, including information technology companies, may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Technology companies typically face intense competition and potentially rapid product obsolescence. They are also heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be adversely affected by the loss or impairment of those rights.

Capitalization Risk – Investing in small- to mid-sized companies creates risk because smaller companies may have unpredictable or limited earnings, and their securities may be less liquid or experience more volatile prices than those of large companies.

Performance Information

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years and ten years compare with those of a broad-based measure of market performance, the MSCI World Index.

Both the bar chart and the table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

The performance of the Fund will vary from year to year. The Fund’s performance does not reflect the cost of insurance and separate account charges which are imposed under your Contract. If they were included, performance would be reduced. Past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Prior to October 14, 2016, the Fund was subadvised by NFJ Investment Group LLC, an affiliate of the Manager, managed pursuant to different investment strategies, and known as the AZL NFJ International Value Fund. Consequently, the performance information shown below prior to October 14, 2016, reflects the Fund’s prior investment strategies and not its current investment strategies.

Performance Bar Chart and Table (Class 2)

Calendar Year Total Return

Highest and Lowest Quarter Returns (for periods shown in the bar chart)

Highest (Q2, 2020)	19.21%
Lowest (Q1, 2020)	-21.20%

The Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust

Summary Prospectus

AZL® MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 1 and Class 2

Average Annual Total Returns

	One Year Ended December 31, 2022	Five Years Ended December 31, 2022	Ten Years Ended December 31, 2022	Since Inception (06/21/2021)
AZL MSCI Global Equity Index Fund (Class 1)	-18.08%	N/A	N/A	-6.55%
AZL MSCI Global Equity Index Fund (Class 2)	-18.23%	5.78%	4.02%	N/A
MSCI World Index*	-17.73%	6.69%	9.44%	-6.73%

Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes.

Management

Allianz Investment Management LLC (the "Manager") serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC serves as the Subadviser to the Fund.

The portfolio managers for the Fund are: Jennifer Hsui, CFA, Managing Director, since October 2016, and Paul Whitehead, Managing Director, and Peter Sietsema, Director, since January 2022.

Tax Information

Shares of the Funds are sold exclusively to the separate accounts of certain insurance companies in connection with particular variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts (the “Contracts”). Provided that a Fund and a separate account investing in the Fund satisfy applicable tax requirements, any distributions from the Fund to the separate account will be exempt from current federal income taxation to the extent that such distributions accumulate in the Contract. You should refer to your Contract prospectus for further information regarding the tax treatment of the Contract and the separate accounts in which the Contract is invested.

Financial Intermediary Compensation

Shares of the Funds are sold exclusively to certain insurance companies in connection with particular Contracts. The Trust and its related companies may pay such insurance companies (or their related companies) for the sale of shares of the Funds and related services. Such insurance companies (or their related companies) may pay broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as banks) that sell the Contracts for the sale of shares of the Funds and related services. When received by an insurance company, such payments may be a factor that the insurance companies consider in including a Fund as an investment option in the Contracts. The prospectus or other disclosures relating to a Contract may contain additional information about these payments. When received by a broker-dealer or other intermediary, such payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and salespersons to recommend the Fund over other mutual funds available as investment options in the Contracts. Ask the salesperson or visit the financial intermediary's website for more information.

The Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust