Stock market capitalization, in dollars - Country rankings
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Stock market capitalization, billion USD, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 14 countries was 103.09 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in South Africa: 1171.75 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in the Seychelles: 1.22 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1975 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries | Stock market capitalization, in dollars, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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South Africa | 1171.75 | 1 | 1975 - 2022 |
Nigeria | 91.44 | 2 | 1993 - 2022 |
Morocco | 53.71 | 3 | 2010 - 2022 |
Egypt | 38.85 | 4 | 2006 - 2022 |
Botswana | 31.02 | 5 | 1993 - 2022 |
Kenya | 16.11 | 6 | 1993 - 2022 |
Mauritius | 8.57 | 7 | 1993 - 2022 |
Tunisia | 7.75 | 8 | 1995 - 2022 |
Tanzania | 6.7 | 9 | 1999 - 2022 |
Ghana | 6.46 | 10 | 1993 - 2022 |
Zambia | 4.04 | 11 | 1995 - 2022 |
Rwanda | 3.44 | 12 | 2018 - 2022 |
Namibia | 2.16 | 13 | 1993 - 2022 |
Seychelles | 1.22 | 14 | 2018 - 2022 |
Definition: Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding (including their several classes) for listed domestic companies. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. Data are end of year values.
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