Sri Lanka: Stock price volatility
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| Sri Lanka |
Stock price volatility, percent |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 22.24 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1985 - 2021 |
| Average | 15.71 |
| Min - Max | 5.84 - 32.16 |
| Source | Global Financial Development Database |
The latest value from 2021 is 22.24 percent, an increase from 13.84 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 20.14 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Sri Lanka from 1985 to 2021 is 15.71 percent. The minimum value, 5.84 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 32.16 percent was recorded in 2004.
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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 | 14.29 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market capitalization, in dollars | 10.60 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Stock market turnover ratio | 15.89 | 2022 | percent |
| Listed companies | 290 | 2022 | companies |
| Stock market value traded | 2.27 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market return | 57.14 | 2021 | percent |
| Stock market access for smaller firms | 66.34 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock market activity for smaller firms | 47.50 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock price volatility | 22.24 | 2021 | percent |
| Mutual fund assets | 0.70 | 2019 | percent |
| Life insurance volume | 0.71 | 2020 | percent |
| Non-life insurance premium volume | 0.58 | 2020 | percent |
| Pension fund assets to GDP | 0.54 | 2006 | percent |
| Insurance company assets | 4.65 | 2020 | percent |