Germany: Stock price volatility
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| Germany |
Stock price volatility, percent |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 24.38 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1988 - 2021 |
| Average | 20.50 |
| Min - Max | 11.74 - 38.05 |
| Source | Global Financial Development Database |
The latest value from 2021 is 24.38 percent, a decline from 24.48 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 20.14 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Germany from 1988 to 2021 is 20.5 percent. The minimum value, 11.74 percent, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 38.05 percent was recorded in 2003.
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Definition: The stock price volatility index is the 360-day standard deviation of the return on the national stock market index.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Stock market capitalization, percent of GDP | 45.39 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market capitalization, in dollars | 1,889.66 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Stock market turnover ratio | 68.41 | 2022 | percent |
| Listed companies | 429 | 2022 | companies |
| Stock market value traded | 31.66 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market return | 23.68 | 2021 | percent |
| Stock market access for smaller firms | 61.82 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock market activity for smaller firms | 65.54 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock price volatility | 24.38 | 2021 | percent |
| Mutual fund assets | 74.96 | 2020 | percent |
| Life insurance volume | 3.10 | 2020 | percent |
| Non-life insurance premium volume | 2.04 | 2020 | percent |
| Pension fund assets to GDP | 8.19 | 2020 | percent |
| Insurance company assets | 67.87 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock market index | 153.51 | 6/2025 | points |