Listed companies - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Number of companies listed on the stock exchange, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 26 countries was 1130 companies. The highest value was in China: 11497 companies and the lowest value was in Armenia: 12 companies. The indicator is available from 1975 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: companies; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Listed companies, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 11497 1 1995 - 2022
Japan 3865 2 1975 - 2022
South Korea 2446 3 1979 - 2022
Hong Kong 2414 4 1975 - 2022
India 2168 5 1983 - 2022
Malaysia 963 6 1980 - 2022
Indonesia 825 7 1980 - 2022
Thailand 810 8 1980 - 2022
Iran 546 9 1975 - 2022
Israel 518 10 1979 - 2022
Pakistan 494 11 1993 - 2022
Singapore 425 12 1979 - 2022
Vietnam 402 13 2008 - 2022
Bangladesh 354 14 1993 - 2022
Sri Lanka 290 15 1993 - 2022
Philippines 283 16 1987 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 269 17 2002 - 2022
Jordan 170 18 1993 - 2022
UA Emirates 153 19 2003 - 2022
Kuwait 148 20 1993 - 2022
Oman 110 21 1993 - 2022
Kazakhstan 92 22 1997 - 2022
Palestine 49 23 1999 - 2022
Bahrain 41 24 1995 - 2022
Azerbaijan 29 25 1997 - 2022
Armenia 12 26 2018 - 2022



Definition: Listed domestic companies, including foreign companies which are exclusively listed, are those which have shares listed on an exchange at the end of the year. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding companies and investment companies, regardless of their legal status, are excluded. A company with several classes of shares is counted once. Only companies admitted to listing on the exchange are included.

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1. China
2. Japan
3. South Korea
4. Hong Kong
5. India
6. Malaysia
7. Indonesia
8. Thailand
9. Iran
10. Israel
11. Pakistan
12. Singapore
13. Vietnam
14. Bangladesh
15. Sri Lanka
16. Philippines
17. Saudi Arabia
18. Jordan
19. UA Emirates
20. Kuwait
21. Oman
22. Kazakhstan
23. Palestine
24. Bahrain
25. Azerbaijan
26. Armenia
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354
290
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269
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153
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110
92
49
41
29
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