Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) fell 10.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 109.72% to 99.17%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was +4.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 28.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 67.84 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.35 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.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 9.67 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

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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 17 values

Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 0.19% (2018)
• Bahrain — 43.52% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 17.21% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 51.18% (2025)
• Israel — 61.02% (2024)
• Jordan — 60.65% (2025)
• Kuwait — 109.49% (2025)
• Lebanon — 45.73% (2021)
• Malta — 19.26% (2025)

More financial sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 52.26% (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 50.77% (2020)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 2.2% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 23.05% (2020)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 78.66% (2017)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 52.41% (2020)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.04% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP)?

99.17% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

It is up 53.15 percentage points from 46.02% in 2009. The highest value was 161.07% in 2023 and the lowest 31.23% in 2011.

Is the latest change in market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) unusual for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?

In 2025, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) fell 10.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 109.72% to 99.17%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was +4.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 28.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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.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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