Stock market capitalization in US dollars — all countries

Stock market capitalization in US dollars — South Africa

Stock market capitalization in US dollars in South Africa in 2025 — 1,397,929,390,000 US$. Ranked 12 in the world out of 68. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 5,700.4%.

2025 1.4T US$ +41.82% vs 2024
World rank 12of 68
Period maximum 1.4T US$2025
Period minimum 19.7B US$1976

Trend over time

1975–2025 · US$

Stock market capitalization in US dollars — South Africa, 1975–20250500B1T1.5T197519801985199019952000200520102015202020251975: 24,100,740,000 US$1976: 19,700,610,000 US$1977: 24,066,140,000 US$1978: 30,944,810,000 US$1979: 44,464,360,000 US$1980: 55,829,970,000 US$1981: 74,856,260,000 US$1982: 77,848,000,000 US$1983: 82,756,160,000 US$1984: 53,388,340,000 US$1985: 55,436,930,000 US$1986: 102,651,830,000 US$1987: 138,788,410,000 US$1988: 126,189,190,000 US$1989: 145,438,090,000 US$1990: 136,868,720,000 US$1991: 184,704,700,000 US$1992: 164,045,800,000 US$1993: 217,097,540,000 US$1994: 259,523,420,000 US$1995: 277,389,380,000 US$1996: 241,571,140,000 US$1997: 230,039,860,000 US$1998: 168,535,560,000 US$1999: 259,739,340,000 US$2000: 204,300,790,000 US$2001: 147,471,530,000 US$2002: 181,998,390,000 US$2003: 260,748,270,000 US$2004: 442,519,700,000 US$2005: 549,310,310,000 US$2006: 711,232,320,000 US$2007: 828,185,320,000 US$2008: 482,699,980,000 US$2009: 799,023,750,000 US$2010: 925,007,150,000 US$2011: 789,037,130,000 US$2012: 907,723,200,000 US$2013: 942,812,110,000 US$2014: 933,930,700,000 US$2015: 735,945,170,000 US$2016: 951,320,328,604 US$2017: 1,230,977,190,000 US$2018: 865,327,650,000 US$2019: 1,056,341,440,000 US$2020: 1,051,528,630,000 US$2021: 1,143,003,420,000 US$2022: 1,171,748,130,000 US$2023: 1,025,827,080,000 US$2024: 985,697,370,000 US$2025: 1,397,929,390,000 US$
Change over the period: +1.37T (+5,700.36%) Average annual rate: 8.46 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa

South Africa 1.4T US$
World 141T US$
Stock market capitalization in US dollars — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.4T +412B +41.82%
2024 986B −40.13B −3.91%
2023 1.03T −146B −12.45%
2022 1.17T +28.74B +2.51%
2021 1.14T +91.47B +8.7%
2020 1.05T −4.81B −0.46%
2019 1.06T +191B +22.07%
2018 865B −366B −29.7%
2017 1.23T +280B +29.4%
2016 951B +215B +29.27%
2015 736B −198B −21.2%
2014 934B −8.88B −0.94%
2013 943B +35.09B +3.87%
2012 908B +119B +15.04%
2011 789B −136B −14.7%
2010 925B +126B +15.77%
2009 799B +316B +65.53%
2008 483B −345B −41.72%
2007 828B +117B +16.44%
2006 711B +162B +29.48%
2005 549B +107B +24.13%
2004 443B +182B +69.71%
2003 261B +78.75B +43.27%
2002 182B +34.53B +23.41%
2001 147B −56.83B −27.82%
2000 204B −55.44B −21.34%
1999 260B +91.2B +54.12%
1998 169B −61.5B −26.74%
1997 230B −11.53B −4.77%
1996 242B −35.82B −12.91%
1995 277B +17.87B +6.88%
1994 260B +42.43B +19.54%
1993 217B +53.05B +32.34%
1992 164B −20.66B −11.18%
1991 185B +47.84B +34.95%
1990 137B −8.57B −5.89%
1989 145B +19.25B +15.25%
1988 126B −12.6B −9.08%
1987 139B +36.14B +35.2%
1986 103B +47.21B +85.17%
1985 55.44B +2.05B +3.84%
1984 53.39B −29.37B −35.49%
1983 82.76B +4.91B +6.3%
1982 77.85B +2.99B +4%
1981 74.86B +19.03B +34.08%
1980 55.83B +11.37B +25.56%
1979 44.46B +13.52B +43.69%
1978 30.94B +6.88B +28.58%
1977 24.07B +4.37B +22.16%
1976 19.7B −4.4B −18.26%
1975 24.1B

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 1.4T BW Botswana 4.28B

About the indicator

The market value of all domestic companies whose shares are quoted on the country's exchanges, at the end of the year. The indicator measures not the size of the economy but the size of the public capital market: among countries with comparable GDP, capitalization differs several times over, because in some places companies raise money through the exchange and in others through banks or from the state. Foreign companies traded on the local exchange are not included.

Important: There are about 140 territories with data — the rest have no exchange, and that is the absence of the phenomenon rather than a gap: their contribution to world capitalization is zero, so aggregates for country groups are computed at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.