USA: Stock market return
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| USA |
Stock market return, percent |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 32.65 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1984 - 2021 |
| Average | 9.78 |
| Min - Max | -22.35 - 32.65 |
| Source | Global Financial Development Database |
The latest value from 2021 is 32.65 percent, an increase from 10.57 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1984 to 2021 is 9.78 percent. The minimum value, -22.35 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 32.65 percent was recorded in 2021.
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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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|---|---|---|---|
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| Stock market capitalization, in dollars | 40,297.98 | 2022 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Stock market turnover ratio | 116.08 | 2017 | percent |
| Listed companies | 4,642 | 2022 | companies |
| Stock market value traded | 172.14 | 2022 | percent |
| Stock market return | 32.65 | 2021 | percent |
| Stock market access for smaller firms | 76.60 | 2016 | percent |
| Stock market activity for smaller firms | 88.43 | 2016 | percent |
| Stock price volatility | 24.99 | 2021 | percent |
| Mutual fund assets | 140.16 | 2020 | percent |
| Life insurance volume | 2.71 | 2020 | percent |
| Non-life insurance premium volume | 3.39 | 2020 | percent |
| Pension fund assets to GDP | 169.52 | 2020 | percent |
| Insurance company assets | 58.75 | 2020 | percent |
| Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP | 198.05 | 2020 | percent |
| Stock market index | 174.30 | 8/2024 | points |