World: Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, World's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 38.29 percentage points on 2024 (from 120.41% to 158.7%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.91 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 24.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 56.4 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.62 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 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% 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.

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 51 values

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Bahrain — 3.31% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 6.5% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 6.04% (2025)
• Israel — 26.9% (2025)
• Jordan — 4.9% (2025)
• Kuwait — 52.17% (2025)
• Lebanon — 0.07% (2022)
• Malta — 0.21% (2025)
• Morocco — 7.27% (2025)
• Oman — 9.42% (2025)
• Pakistan

More financial sector data for World

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 91.32% (2024)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 90.64% (2024)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 135.66% (2024)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 39.8% (2024)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 3.33% (2025)
• Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) — US$141.3 trillion (2025)
• Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) — 148.54% (2025)
• Listed domestic companies, total — 53,087 (2025)
• Stocks traded, total value (current US$) — US$149.98 trillion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is World's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)?

158.7% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1975?

It is up 152.06 percentage points from 6.64% in 1975. The highest value was 160.11% in 2007 and the lowest 6.64% in 1975.

Is the latest change in stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) unusual for World?

In 2025, World's stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) rose 38.29 percentage points on 2024 (from 120.41% to 158.7%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.91 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 24.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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