Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — all countries

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Kuwait

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Kuwait in 2025 — 52.17%. Ranked 12 in the world out of 67. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 41.36 pp.

2025 52.17% +23.96 pp vs 2024
World rank 12of 67
Period maximum 114.32%2005
Period minimum 2.62%2019

Trend over time

1993–2025 · % of GDP

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Kuwait, 1993–20250501001501993199720012005200920132017202120251993: 10.81%1994: 7.75%1995: 22.71%1996: 56.49%1997: 108.68%1998: 35.73%2001: 3.34%2002: 5.85%2003: 11.72%2004: 81.52%2005: 114.32%2006: 56.32%2011: 13.89%2012: 12.5%2013: 23.16%2015: 23.47%2019: 2.62%2020: 28.75%2021: 26.77%2022: 23.18%2023: 20.02%2024: 28.21%2025: 52.17%
Change over the period: +41.36 pp Annual average: 1.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kuwait 52.17%
World 158.7%
Western Asia computed 37.75%
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.17 +23.96 pp
2024 28.21 +8.19 pp
2023 20.02 −3.16 pp
2022 23.18 −3.6 pp
2021 26.77 −1.98 pp
2020 28.75 +26.13 pp
2019 2.62
2015 23.47
2013 23.16 +10.65 pp
2012 12.5 −1.39 pp
2011 13.89
2006 56.32 −58 pp
2005 114.32 +32.8 pp
2004 81.52 +69.8 pp
2003 11.72 +5.87 pp
2002 5.85 +2.51 pp
2001 3.34
1998 35.73 −72.95 pp
1997 108.68 +52.19 pp
1996 56.49 +33.78 pp
1995 22.71 +14.96 pp
1994 7.75 −3.06 pp
1993 10.81

About the indicator

The total value of share transactions on national exchanges over a year as a percent of GDP. Unlike capitalization it measures not the size of a market but its liquidity: capitalization can be high while trading is sluggish, if the shares are concentrated in a few hands and hardly change owners.

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