Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) was 6.54% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 18.34 percentage points from 24.88% in 2020.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 6.54% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24.88% | 2020 |
| Highest | 34.58% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 3.7% | 2012 |
| Average since 2020 | 17.94% | 2020–2025 |
| First recorded | 13.7% | 2009 |
Over five years it is down 18.34 percentage points from 24.88% in 2020. Since 2009 it is down 7.17 percentage points from 13.7% in 2009. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 2.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.45% to 6.54%).
Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −3.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 17.4 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.13 percentage points in 2024. 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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) | 6.54% | 2025 |
| World | 158.7% | 2025 |
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 12 values
| Year | Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.54 |
| 2024 | 4.45 |
| 2023 | 34.58 |
| 2022 | 17.18 |
| 2021 | 20.03 |
| 2020 | 24.88 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 |
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More financial sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 26.61% (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 4.14% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 26.58% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 29.93% (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 69.21% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 39.91% (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)
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Questions people ask
- What is Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)?
- 6.54% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2009?
- It is down 7.17 percentage points from 13.7% in 2009. The highest value was 34.58% in 2023 and the lowest 3.7% in 2012.
- Is the latest change in stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) unusual for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 2.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 4.45% to 6.54%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −3.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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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