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

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 18.32%. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 90.06 pp.

2025 18.32% +0.55 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 108.38%2006
Period minimum 13.24%2018

Trend over time

2006–2025 · % of GDP

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa, 2006–2025050100150200620082010201220142016201820202022202420252006: 108.38%2007: 59.44%2008: 42.78%2009: 31.48%2010: 18.27%2011: 15.51%2012: 20.39%2013: 19.08%2014: 27.59%2015: 23.29%2016: 17.25%2017: 13.88%2018: 13.24%2019: 14.43%2020: 31.34%2021: 30.84%2022: 23.95%2023: 26.22%2024: 17.77%2025: 18.32%
Change over the period: −90.06 pp Annual average: -4.74 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 18.32%
World 158.7%
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.32 +0.55 pp
2024 17.77 −8.44 pp
2023 26.22 +2.27 pp
2022 23.95 −6.89 pp
2021 30.84 −0.5 pp
2020 31.34 +16.91 pp
2019 14.43 +1.19 pp
2018 13.24 −0.64 pp
2017 13.88 −3.37 pp
2016 17.25 −6.04 pp
2015 23.29 −4.3 pp
2014 27.59 +8.52 pp
2013 19.08 −1.32 pp
2012 20.39 +4.88 pp
2011 15.51 −2.76 pp
2010 18.27 −13.22 pp
2009 31.48 −11.29 pp
2008 42.78 −16.66 pp
2007 59.44 −48.94 pp
2006 108.38

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.