Based on a comparison of 74 countries in 2024, USA ranked the highest in market capitalisation of listed companies with USD 62,185,685 bil followed by China and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with USD 170 bil, Seychelles with USD 811 bil and Azerbaijan with USD 1,635 bil.
Total market capitalisation of listed companies reached USD 114,462,422 bil in 2024 in the World according to OECD. This is 15.8 % more than in the previous year and 57.2 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total market capitalisation of listed companies reached an all time high of USD 114,462,422 bil in 2024 and an all time low of USD 1,148,844 bil in 1975. The average annual growth amounted to 9.78 % since 1975.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 56.0 % of market capitalisation of listed companies in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 72.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 92.9 % in 2024.
Data for more countries are available at Market Capitalisation of Listed Companies (USD) indicator page.
| Market Capitalisation of Listed Companies (USD) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Australia | USD bil | 1,262,800 | 1,487,599 | 1,720,556 | 1,887,401 | 1,679,172 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD bil | 1,937,903 | 2,409,099 | 2,641,455 | 3,302,817 | 2,760,871 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD bil | 6,324,880 | 8,569,512 | 12,276,766 | 14,437,446 | 11,469,346 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD bil | 1,755,173 | 2,098,174 | 2,284,109 | 2,503,046 | 1,889,664 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | USD bil | 3,819,215 | 4,899,235 | 6,130,420 | 5,434,177 | 4,566,809 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD bil | 4,139,820 | 2,162,703 | 2,552,464 | 3,548,018 | 3,387,367 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | USD bil | 486,766 | 523,322 | 496,086 | 578,631 | 610,288 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD bil | 5,296,811 | 6,191,073 | 6,718,220 | 6,544,303 | 5,380,475 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | USD bil | 496,353 | 2,406,820 | 2,429,102 | 2,671,331 | 2,638,591 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | USD bil | 865,328 | 1,056,341 | 1,051,529 | 1,143,003 | 1,171,748 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD bil | 1,413,717 | 1,484,840 | 2,176,190 | 2,218,658 | 1,644,508 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD bil | 1,441,160 | 1,834,453 | 2,001,603 | 2,327,707 | 1,830,525 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | 30,436,313 | 34,085,727 | 41,569,862 | 48,548,538 | 40,297,980 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | USD bil | 231,377 | 246,819 | 294,832 | 555,061 | 873,562 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | USD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,799,459 | 3,095,983 | ... | ... |
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