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

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 22.83%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 20.97 pp.

2025 22.83% −0.86 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 39.25%2020
Period minimum 0.94%1983

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, 1980–202501020304019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 1.86%1981: 1.71%1982: 1.22%1983: 0.94%1984: 1.76%1985: 3.71%1986: 6.16%1987: 3.64%1988: 2.88%1989: 2.57%1990: 3.09%1991: 5.37%1992: 8.36%1993: 11.27%1994: 16.04%1995: 9.05%1996: 10.26%1997: 15.42%1998: 11.13%1999: 11.35%2000: 7.68%2001: 6.46%2002: 3.96%2003: 6.19%2004: 9.08%2005: 10.99%2006: 14.68%2007: 25.27%2008: 18.55%2009: 23.98%2010: 24.77%2011: 19.29%2012: 19.93%2013: 18.21%2014: 15.51%2015: 12.69%2016: 16.86%2017: 17.11%2020: 39.25%2021: 34.64%2022: 28.48%2023: 23.69%2025: 22.83%
Change over the period: +20.97 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 22.83%
World 158.7%
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.83
2023 23.69 −4.79 pp
2022 28.48 −6.16 pp
2021 34.64 −4.61 pp
2020 39.25
2017 17.11 +0.26 pp
2016 16.86 +4.17 pp
2015 12.69 −2.82 pp
2014 15.51 −2.7 pp
2013 18.21 −1.72 pp
2012 19.93 +0.63 pp
2011 19.29 −5.48 pp
2010 24.77 +0.79 pp
2009 23.98 +5.44 pp
2008 18.55 −6.72 pp
2007 25.27 +10.59 pp
2006 14.68 +3.69 pp
2005 10.99 +1.91 pp
2004 9.08 +2.89 pp
2003 6.19 +2.23 pp
2002 3.96 −2.49 pp
2001 6.46 −1.23 pp
2000 7.68 −3.67 pp
1999 11.35 +0.22 pp
1998 11.13 −4.29 pp
1997 15.42 +5.16 pp
1996 10.26 +1.21 pp
1995 9.05 −6.99 pp
1994 16.04 +4.77 pp
1993 11.27 +2.91 pp
1992 8.36 +2.99 pp
1991 5.37 +2.28 pp
1990 3.09 +0.52 pp
1989 2.57 −0.31 pp
1988 2.88 −0.75 pp
1987 3.64 −2.53 pp
1986 6.16 +2.46 pp
1985 3.71 +1.94 pp
1984 1.76 +0.82 pp
1983 0.94 −0.28 pp
1982 1.22 −0.49 pp
1981 1.71 −0.15 pp
1980 1.86

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.