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Financial markets development, efficiency, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 9 countries was 0.179 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 -
Chile 0.266 2 -
Colombia 0.116 3 -
Argentina 0.093 4 -
Paraguay 0.047 5 -
Ecuador 0.03 6 -
Peru 0.03 7 -
Venezuela 0.028 8 -
Uruguay 0.002 9 -



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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