Financial markets development, efficiency - Country rankings

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Financial markets development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 12 countries was 0.172 index points. The highest value was in Egypt: 0.48 index points and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 0.03 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
Egypt 0.48 1 1980 - 2021
Iran 0.469 2 1980 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 0.247 3 1980 - 2021
Qatar 0.173 4 1980 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.157 5 1980 - 2021
Kuwait 0.153 6 1980 - 2021
Jordan 0.1 7 1980 - 2021
Oman 0.078 8 1980 - 2021
Morocco 0.068 9 1980 - 2021
Tunisia 0.066 10 1980 - 2021
Lebanon 0.043 11 1980 - 2021
Bahrain 0.03 12 1980 - 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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1. Egypt
2. Iran
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Qatar
5. UA Emirates
6. Kuwait
7. Jordan
8. Oman
9. Morocco
10. Tunisia
11. Lebanon
12. Bahrain
0.480
0.469
0.247
0.173
0.157
0.153
0.100
0.078
0.068
0.066
0.043
0.030
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