Bangladesh's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) was 5.75% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 27.81 percentage points from 33.56% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.75% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 33.56% | 2015 |
| Highest | 39.6% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 1.4% | 1993 |
| Average since 2016 | 22.44% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.4% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bangladesh's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) fell 13.79 percentage points on 2024 (from 19.54% to 5.75%).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2024), the average change was +1.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 25.4 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.79 percentage points in 2025. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.37 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 38% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Bangladesh had the 62nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5.75% | 2025 |
| World | 148.54% | 2025 |
| South Asia | 234.71% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 176.42% | 2025 |
Closest to Bangladesh in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding (including their several classes) for listed domestic companies. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 30 values
| Year | Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.75 |
| 2024 | 19.54 |
| 2023 | 25.5 |
| 2022 | 25.04 |
| 2021 | 26.25 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2019 | 18.34 |
| 2018 | 24.08 |
| 2017 | 29.34 |
| 2016 | 26.55 |
| 2015 |
Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Bangladesh
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 159.27 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$120.86 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 6.52% (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$121.92 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 34.41% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 28.53 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 2.38 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 34.5% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 26.39 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bangladesh's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP)?
- 5.75% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 4.35 percentage points from 1.4% in 1993. The highest value was 39.6% in 2014 and the lowest 1.4% in 1993.
- How does Bangladesh rank?
- 62nd highest of 61 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) unusual for Bangladesh?
- In 2025, Bangladesh's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) fell 13.79 percentage points on 2024 (from 19.54% to 5.75%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2024), the average change was +1.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.LCAP.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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