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Financial markets development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 25 countries was 0.398 index points. The highest value was in China: 1 index points and the lowest value was in Kazakhstan: 0.011 index points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: International Monetary Fund
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Countries Financial markets development, efficiency, 2021 Global rank Available data
China 1 1 1982 - 2021
Japan 1 2 1980 - 2021
South Korea 1 3 1980 - 2021
Thailand 1 4 1980 - 2021
India 0.925 5 1980 - 2021
Malaysia 0.703 6 1980 - 2021
Hong Kong 0.618 7 1980 - 2021
Israel 0.493 8 1980 - 2021
Iran 0.469 9 1980 - 2021
Vietnam 0.377 10 1992 - 2021
Pakistan 0.365 11 1980 - 2021
Indonesia 0.326 12 1980 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.247 13 1980 - 2021
Bangladesh 0.205 14 1980 - 2021
Singapore 0.202 15 1980 - 2021
Qatar 0.173 16 1980 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.157 17 1980 - 2021
Kuwait 0.153 18 1980 - 2021
Philippines 0.148 19 1980 - 2021
Sri Lanka 0.132 20 1980 - 2021
Jordan 0.1 21 1980 - 2021
Oman 0.078 22 1980 - 2021
Lebanon 0.043 23 1980 - 2021
Bahrain 0.03 24 1980 - 2021
Kazakhstan 0.011 25 1993 - 2021


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Definition: Measures the efficiency of financial markets using the following variable: Stock market turnover ratio (stocks traded to capitalization). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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