* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Stock market return, percent, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 2 countries was 14.28 percent. The highest value was in Australia: 19.3 percent and the lowest value was in New Zealand: 9.26 percent. The indicator is available from 1984 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: Global Financial Development Database
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Countries Stock market return, 2021 Global rank Available data
Australia 19.3 1 1984 - 2021
New Zealand 9.26 2 1993 - 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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