United Arab Emirates's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) was 21.82% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 12.08 percentage points from 33.9% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 21.82% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 6.74% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 33.9% | 2014 |
| Highest | 33.9% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 4.07% | 2011 |
| Average since 2015 | 16.21% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 9.09% | 2006 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, United Arab Emirates' stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 0.5 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.32% to 21.82%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was −1.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 17.82 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 18.82 percentage points in 2015. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.69 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% 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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 21.82% | 2024 |
| World | 158.7% | 2025 |
| High income | 147.56% | 2025 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2024 ranking
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 18 values
| Year | Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.82 |
| 2023 | 21.32 |
| 2022 | 28.64 |
| 2021 | 28.33 |
| 2020 | 10.5 |
| 2019 | 6.74 |
| 2018 | 5.77 |
| 2017 | 10.95 |
| 2016 | 12.96 |
| 2015 | 15.08 |
| 2014 |
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More financial sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3.67 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3.67 (2024)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 114.18 (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 1.63% (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 1.8 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.8 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 2.75 trillion (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 67.97% (2024)
- Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)?
- 21.82% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 12.73 percentage points from 9.09% in 2006. The highest value was 33.9% in 2014 and the lowest 4.07% in 2011.
- Is the latest change in stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) unusual for United Arab Emirates?
- In 2024, United Arab Emirates' stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 0.5 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.32% to 21.82%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was −1.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- 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.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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