Latin America & Caribbean: Stocks traded, total value (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 110.1% in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 46% in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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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 converted to U.S. dollars using corresponding year-end foreign exchange rates.

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 sum.

All 43 values

Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in nearby economies

• Bahrain — US$1.62 billion (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$23.75 billion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$21.9 billion (2025)
• Israel — US$164.33 billion (2025)
• Jordan — US$3.02 billion (2025)
• Kuwait — US$82.02 billion (2025)
• Lebanon — US$14.11 million (2022)
• Malta — US$57.66 million (2025)
• Morocco — US$13.25 billion (2025)
• Oman — US$10.33 billion (2025)

More financial sector data for Latin America & Caribbean

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 48.48% (2025)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 72.6% (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 3.39% (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 48.58% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 34.5% (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.08% (2025)
• Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) — 91.37% (2024)
• Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — 22.83% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean's stocks traded, total value (current US$)?

US$1.23 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 11,240% from US$10.82 billion in 1980 (11.09% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.55 trillion in 2021 and the lowest US$4.79 billion in 1983.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.TRAD.CD, 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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