Australia's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) was 61.2% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.88 percentage points from 55.32% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 61.2% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 91.96% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 55.32% | 2015 |
| Highest | 160.31% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 0.74% | 1978 |
| Average since 2016 | 62.83% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.2% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Australia's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 13.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.11% to 61.2%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.58 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 21.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 45.74 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 80.98 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Australia had the 11th highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 61.2% | 2025 |
| World | 158.7% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 251.48% | 2025 |
| High income | 147.56% | 2025 |
Closest to Australia in the 2025 ranking
- Switzerland — 7th of 61: 85.62%
- India — 8th of 61: 72.66%
- South Africa — 9th of 61: 66.52%
- Türkiye — 11th of 61: 61.17%
- Kuwait — 12th of 61: 52.17%
- Thailand — 13th of 61: 50.3%
What this measures
The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards. Only EOB trades are included in the total value of shares traded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 51 values
| Year | Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.2 |
| 2024 | 48.11 |
| 2023 | 51.76 |
| 2022 | 64.25 |
| 2021 | 68.45 |
| 2020 | 91.96 |
| 2019 | 59.66 |
| 2018 | 54.01 |
| 2017 | 63.32 |
| 2016 | 65.61 |
| 2015 |
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- China — 303.71% (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 1,372% (2025)
- Indonesia — 14.92% (2025)
- Japan — 187.93% (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 176.34% (2025)
- Malaysia — 29.93% (2025)
- New Zealand — 4.98% (2025)
- Papua New Guinea — 0.00396% (2017)
- Philippines — 5.05% (2025)
- Singapore — 30.31% (2019)
- Thailand
More financial sector data for Australia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 133.79% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 5.96 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -136.13 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 133.79% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 3.7 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 133.12% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 32.96 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 148.46 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.87% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Australia's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)?
- 61.2% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 60 percentage points from 1.2% in 1975. The highest value was 160.31% in 2007 and the lowest 0.74% in 1978.
- How does Australia rank?
- 11th highest of 61 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) unusual for Australia?
- In 2025, Australia's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 13.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.11% to 61.2%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.58 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 21.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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