United Arab Emirates: Stock price volatility

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 United Arab Emirates

Stock price volatility, percent

 Latest value 15.60
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1995 - 2021
 Average 16.89
 Min - Max 8.73 - 28.78
 Source Global Financial Development Database
The latest value from 2021 is 15.6 percent, a decline from 25.09 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 20.14 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 1995 to 2021 is 16.89 percent. The minimum value, 8.73 percent, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 28.78 percent was recorded in 2004. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
United Arab Emirates - Stock price volatility - Recent values chart

Historical series
United Arab Emirates - Stock price volatility - historical chart - 1995-2021




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 173.76 2022 percent
 Stock market capitalization, in dollars 873.56 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Stock market turnover ratio 16.77 2022 percent
 Listed companies 153 2022 companies
 Stock market value traded 28.89 2022 percent
 Stock market return 45.44 2021 percent
 Stock market access for smaller firms 16.59 2018 percent
 Stock market activity for smaller firms 27.08 2018 percent
 Stock price volatility 15.60 2021 percent
 Life insurance volume 0.59 2019 percent
 Non-life insurance premium volume 1.01 2019 percent
 Insurance company assets 7.28 2019 percent
 Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP 3.15 2020 percent
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