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Listed firms and the economy

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Listed firms and the economy

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Years shown1979 — 2018

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CanadaUnited StatesUnited KingdomGermanyFranceJapanAustralia
19792018

Canada

112.3Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+14.35 Points

United States

147.3Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+109.5 Points

United Kingdom

No dataLast shared year: 2018

Change over these yearsNo data

Germany

43.28Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+34.3 Points

France

85.06Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+75.97 Points

Japan

102.8Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+76.5 Points

Australia

88.11Last shared year: 2018

Change over these years+59.29 Points

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Listed firms and the economy · Percent of GDP
YearCanadaUnited StatesUnited KingdomGermanyFranceJapanAustralia
197997.9716956437.817471186.8556210758.97606319.08457547226.2694476728.82826127
1980103.977884347.590188946.3679716387.5191589237.86375883132.8846651539.72589127
1981No data39.3995804935.05456597.7897692716.25877246332.8715423130.69660872
198265.8173663143.569292238.103411858.8466982465.12770587535.2796711921.36945943
198375.361103849.7802829846.1251335210.713467416.89242701542.0652745230.43878311
198469.1392313739.6808634251.2264332410.768293717.82011502546.8947994225.77527097
198579.9812472553.0276339272.2432225224.249087314.4541296365.0800801532.84294249
198688.8890772255.4180500678.6256952224.5385258420.0721583582.3955040765.29576138
198793.6432228552.1453262191.2165455516.7670627916.795309103.463814681.35447151
198887.7157300653.0883913878.1792515317.8379496322.05050063118.720898858.20997689
198995.8013258759.9518858287.8556467126.0079267933.25881896134.188034546.74333439
199076.9497403851.8761327977.7416472119.9819105824.783318890.0257889834.61253826
199183.0383980667.5464122386.6223568819.7575256928.4514998580.6922968844.3674388
199277.0456998469.7180371580.9456098115.3495629523.5567891555.4761396741.46020304
1993102.843052876.56243287108.375316821.2460777834.6923250262.7374187765.41367259
199499.2709685370.50327257100.24902522.5340068532.6535821870.3790993167.7036402
1995110.855764790.9980943198.5799465722.2661742631.3401139162.8639483866.50437211
1996139.5157718105.0460652120.061990926.5215642136.6452093160.1367885877.7379274
1997154.2788171125.5619669131.792732137.1929033546.5301758445.5342828467.78609282
1998170.651243142.5889985138.344248348.6819029810.0975379558.7792223582.15786418
1999213.4799149153.4329093174.48402964.69055257101.078467995.01735585109.6036338
2000103.5001416147.3790044154.163358464.57832399106.295196762.6136988789.42014762
200183.25860479132.1466625129.787370354.5036012585.7182568551.0167522798.62513677
2002116.8312613101.146681103.66693632.6307836264.7947651648.735868195.87577128
2003101.6401838124.5260587117.688207642.5699149373.8885242364.57099253124.9750732
2004114.6905868133.6127073115.892551941.878811873.8987284271.99605667126.1124867
2005126.345681130.3827565119.86470941.5476294580.21878593.79062176115.3848397
2006128.9107377141.6442035139.043106253.75718295104.762589399.26872483146.1712318
2007148.8643634137.6396711123.891584760.42375348103.182610193.64823202151.5654436
200866.5586720378.4724852563.4293117429.1628668450.3076872460.381485964.61076995
2009122.028069104.1388035115.110417737.1521747872.0789053661.94916992135.4326277
2010134.2440365114.8480629107.615536541.2368151872.2354205765.86462623126.1957903
2011106.6655808100.262665109.59230830.9788590854.1371348652.9569038185.40547152
2012112.6678646114.8539908121.028819441.326893967.3941083854.9248375789.31851564
2013114.4720177142.380812141.115984550.8561638581.7124216986.1705838686.24902566
2014116.0414631149.5364768115.736607443.8485684972.9019108587.8099122687.38919325
2015102.3699758137.0183852No data50.0949082185.49975263107.949838487.49103336
2016130.4664678145.4524183No data48.5197743287.3963704496.96581434104.6967593
2017143.5217183163.7800102No data60.07998176106.1975443123.5120905113.3423627
2018112.3206507147.3448526No data43.2795387585.05789393102.765022488.11392348
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PlaceFirst yearLast yearMissing years in this view
Canada197720251981
United States19752025—
United Kingdom197520222015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Germany19752025—
France19752018—
Japan19752025—
Australia19792025—
All places at the shared year

This list uses the last year shown above. Missing places stay visible. 2018 · Percent of GDP

PlaceNames used by the sourceValue
ArgentinaArgentina8.762253617
AustraliaAustralia88.11392348
AustriaAustria25.80790307
BelgiumBelgium59.17259803
BrazilBrazil47.82764763
CanadaCanada112.3206507
SwitzerlandSwitzerland194.5498911
ChileChile85.48799207
ChinaChina44.70585576
ColombiaColombia31.073888
Costa RicaCosta Rica3.837631029
CzechiaCzechia10.69955054
GermanyGermany43.27953875
DenmarkDenmarkNo data
Euro areaEuro areaNo data
SpainSpain50.54968776
EstoniaEstoniaNo data
FinlandFinlandNo data
FranceFrance85.05789393
United KingdomUnited KingdomNo data
GreeceGreece17.98924175
HungaryHungary17.95118992
IndonesiaIndonesia46.70240955
IndiaIndia153.1604825
IrelandIreland27.83219996
IcelandIcelandNo data
IsraelIsrael49.92840684
ItalyItalyNo data
JapanJapan102.7650224
South KoreaKorea, Rep.77.49570415
LithuaniaLithuaniaNo data
LuxembourgLuxembourg69.60991206
LatviaLatviaNo data
MexicoMexicoNo data
NetherlandsNetherlandsNo data
NorwayNorway58.81846358
New ZealandNew Zealand40.68114643
PolandPoland26.9892585
PortugalPortugal25.58257853
RussiaRussian Federation34.76174126
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia55.98611404
SlovakiaSlovak RepublicNo data
SloveniaSlovenia13.53444997
SwedenSwedenNo data
TürkiyeTurkiye18.93349874
United StatesUnited States147.3448526
South AfricaSouth Africa213.5236896

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  1. Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) ↗World Bank · Source document in English
  2. CM.MKT.LCAP.GD.ZS metadata ↗World Bank · Source document in English

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