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

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

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Western Europe in 2015 — 53.61%. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 48.87 pp.

2015 53.61% +13.84 pp vs 2014
World rank
Period maximum 110.84%2007
Period minimum 1.66%1982

Trend over time

1975–2015 · % of GDP

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Western Europe, 1975–2015050100150197519791983198719911995199920032007201120151975: 4.74%1976: 5.44%1977: 4.55%1978: 4.92%1979: 5.03%1980: 4.98%1981: 5.43%1982: 1.66%1983: 10.01%1984: 10.65%1985: 20.06%1986: 15.71%1987: 33.62%1988: 26.19%1989: 29.91%1990: 29.29%1991: 16.74%1992: 14.63%1993: 21.23%1994: 24.47%1995: 22.61%1996: 19.11%1997: 45.43%1998: 65.07%1999: 60.25%2000: 94.63%2001: 74.65%2002: 60.83%2003: 53.34%2004: 48.68%2005: 48.46%2006: 70.44%2007: 110.84%2008: 99.97%2009: 53.27%2010: 52.14%2011: 46.95%2012: 39.36%2013: 40.43%2014: 39.77%2015: 53.61%
Change over the period: +48.87 pp Annual average: 1.22 pp

Comparison, 2015

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

Western Europe 53.61%
World 155.4%
Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 53.61 +13.84 pp
2014 39.77 −0.66 pp
2013 40.43 +1.07 pp
2012 39.36 −7.6 pp
2011 46.95 −5.19 pp
2010 52.14 −1.12 pp
2009 53.27 −46.7 pp
2008 99.97 −10.87 pp
2007 110.84 +40.4 pp
2006 70.44 +21.98 pp
2005 48.46 −0.22 pp
2004 48.68 −4.66 pp
2003 53.34 −7.5 pp
2002 60.83 −13.82 pp
2001 74.65 −19.98 pp
2000 94.63 +34.38 pp
1999 60.25 −4.82 pp
1998 65.07 +19.64 pp
1997 45.43 +26.33 pp
1996 19.11 −3.51 pp
1995 22.61 −1.86 pp
1994 24.47 +3.24 pp
1993 21.23 +6.6 pp
1992 14.63 −2.1 pp
1991 16.74 −12.55 pp
1990 29.29 −0.62 pp
1989 29.91 +3.72 pp
1988 26.19 −7.43 pp
1987 33.62 +17.92 pp
1986 15.71 −4.36 pp
1985 20.06 +9.42 pp
1984 10.65 +0.64 pp
1983 10.01 +8.35 pp
1982 1.66 −3.76 pp
1981 5.43 +0.45 pp
1980 4.98 −0.05 pp
1979 5.03 +0.11 pp
1978 4.92 +0.36 pp
1977 4.55 −0.89 pp
1976 5.44 +0.7 pp
1975 4.74

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.