Kenya: Stock market return
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| Kenya |
Stock market return, percent |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 18.41 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2009 - 2021 |
| Average | 6.74 |
| Min - Max | -30.15 - 50.02 |
| Source | Global Financial Development Database |
The latest value from 2021 is 18.41 percent, an increase from -5.91 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 2009 to 2021 is 6.74 percent. The minimum value, -30.15 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 50.02 percent was recorded in 2013.
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Definition: Stock market return is the growth rate of annual average stock market index. Annual average stock market index is constructed by taking the average of the daily stock market indexes available at Bloomberg.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Stock market capitalization, percent of GDP | 14.20 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market capitalization, in dollars | 16.11 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Stock market turnover ratio | 2.18 | 2022 | percent |
| Listed companies | 59 | 2022 | companies |
| Stock market value traded | 0.31 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market return | 18.41 | 2021 | percent |
| Stock price volatility | 17.09 | 2021 | percent |
| Life insurance volume | 1.00 | 2020 | percent |
| Non-life insurance premium volume | 0.82 | 2020 | percent |
| Pension fund assets to GDP | 13.30 | 2020 | percent |
| Insurance company assets | 6.64 | 2019 | percent |