South Korea: Stock market activity for smaller firms

The latest value from 2018 is 80.26 percent, a decline from 81 percent in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 41.83 percent, based on data from 40 countries. Historically, the average for South Korea from 1998 to 2018 is 76.77 percent. The minimum value, 62.3 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 88.55 percent was recorded in 1998. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Value of all traded shares outside of the top ten largest traded companies as a share of total value of all traded shares in a stock market exchange. WFE provides data on the exchange level. This variable is aggregated up to the country level by taking a simple average over exchanges.