Malaysia's stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) was 36.92% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.84 percentage points from 31.08% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.92% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 26.89% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 31.08% | 2014 |
| Highest | 56.95% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 6.49% | 1994 |
| Average since 2015 | 34.72% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 20.29% | 1981 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Malaysia's stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) rose 8.97 percentage points on 2023 (from 27.94% to 36.92%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.26 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 37.31 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.73 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 7% 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 2024, Malaysia had the 19th highest value of the 60 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 36.92% | 2024 |
| World | 94.15% | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 178.29% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 224.59% | 2024 |
Closest to Malaysia in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Turnover ratio is the value of domestic shares traded divided by their market capitalization. The value is annualized by multiplying the monthly average by 12.
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 domestic shares are used in order to be consistent with domestic market capitalization.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 44 values
| Year | Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.92 |
| 2023 | 27.94 |
| 2022 | 28.98 |
| 2021 | 49.33 |
| 2020 | 56.95 |
| 2019 | 26.89 |
| 2018 | 34 |
| 2017 | 30.06 |
| 2016 | 27.01 |
| 2015 | 29.11 |
| 2014 |
Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) in nearby economies
- Australia — 48.66% (2024)
- China — 296.65% (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 65.86% (2024)
- Indonesia — 18.54% (2023)
- Japan — 117.02% (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 200.76% (2024)
- New Zealand — 13.55% (2024)
- Papua New Guinea — 0.05% (2017)
- Philippines — 8.66% (2024)
- Singapore
More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 117.92% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 2.96 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 289.8 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 117.94% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 2.44 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 120.64% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 4.53 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 134.6 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 1.38% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malaysia's stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%)?
- 36.92% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is up 16.63 percentage points from 20.29% in 1981. The highest value was 56.95% in 2020 and the lowest 6.49% in 1994.
- How does Malaysia rank?
- 19th highest of 60 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) unusual for Malaysia?
- In 2024, Malaysia's stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) rose 8.97 percentage points on 2023 (from 27.94% to 36.92%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.71 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.26 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.TRNR, 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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