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

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Western Asia

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Western Asia in 2025 — 37.75%. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 75.78 pp.

2025 37.75% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 113.53%2006
Period minimum 21.84%2019

Trend over time

2006–2025 · % of GDP

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Western Asia, 2006–2025050100150200620082010201220142016201820202022202420252006: 113.53%2007: 68.85%2008: 47%2009: 46.13%2010: 35.52%2011: 29.47%2012: 34.14%2013: 32.59%2014: 40.77%2015: 34.81%2016: 26.94%2017: 26.37%2018: 24.05%2019: 21.84%2020: 55.53%2021: 42.4%2022: 42.3%2023: 41.45%2024: 37.75%2025: 37.75%
Change over the period: −75.78 pp Annual average: -3.99 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 37.75%
World 158.7%
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.75 −0.01 pp
2024 37.75 −3.69 pp
2023 41.45 −0.85 pp
2022 42.3 −0.1 pp
2021 42.4 −13.13 pp
2020 55.53 +33.68 pp
2019 21.84 −2.2 pp
2018 24.05 −2.32 pp
2017 26.37 −0.57 pp
2016 26.94 −7.88 pp
2015 34.81 −5.95 pp
2014 40.77 +8.18 pp
2013 32.59 −1.55 pp
2012 34.14 +4.68 pp
2011 29.47 −6.05 pp
2010 35.52 −10.61 pp
2009 46.13 −0.87 pp
2008 47 −21.85 pp
2007 68.85 −44.67 pp
2006 113.53

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.