Nigeria: Stock market return

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 Nigeria

Stock market return, percent

 Latest value 47.63
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1999 - 2021
 Average 12.97
 Min - Max -54.94 - 72.00
 Source Global Financial Development Database
The latest value from 2021 is 47.63 percent, an increase from -6.07 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 1999 to 2021 is 12.97 percent. The minimum value, -54.94 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 72 percent was recorded in 2007. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Nigeria - Stock market return - Recent values chart

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Nigeria - Stock market return - historical chart - 1999-2021




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, in dollars 91.44 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Stock market turnover ratio 2.44 2022 percent
 Listed companies 173 2022 companies
 Stock market value traded 0.47 2022 percent
 Stock market return 47.63 2021 percent
 Stock market access for smaller firms 27.46 2018 percent
 Stock market activity for smaller firms 21.31 2018 percent
 Stock price volatility 15.66 2021 percent
 Mutual fund assets 0.97 2020 percent
 Life insurance volume 0.14 2018 percent
 Non-life insurance premium volume 0.19 2018 percent
 Pension fund assets to GDP 7.98 2020 percent
 Insurance company assets 1.05 2019 percent
 Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP 5.62 2021 percent
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