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Financial markets development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 12 countries was 0.159 index points. The highest value was in Brazil: 1 index points and the lowest value was in Uruguay: 0.002 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
Brazil 1 1 1980 - 2021
Chile 0.266 2 1980 - 2021
Mexico 0.255 3 1980 - 2021
Colombia 0.116 4 1980 - 2021
Argentina 0.093 5 1980 - 2021
Paraguay 0.047 6 1980 - 2021
Ecuador 0.03 7 1980 - 2021
Peru 0.03 8 1980 - 2021
Venezuela 0.028 9 1980 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.02 10 1980 - 2021
Panama 0.019 11 1980 - 2021
Uruguay 0.002 12 1980 - 2021



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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