Based on a comparison of 76 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in market capitalisation of listed companies with USD 40,719,661 bil followed by China and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Algeria with USD 371 bil, Cayman Islands with USD 644 bil and Seychelles with USD 1,137 bil.
Total market capitalisation of listed companies reached USD 93,686,226 bil in 2020 in the World according to OECD. This is 15.9 % more than in the previous year and 42.1 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total market capitalisation of listed companies reached an all time high of USD 93,686,226 bil in 2020 and an all time low of USD 1,148,844 bil in 1975. The average annual growth amounted to 10.3 % since 1975.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 43.5 % of market capitalisation of listed companies in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 63.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 91.7 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Market Capitalisation of Listed Companies (USD) indicator page.
| Market Capitalisation of Listed Companies (USD) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | USD bil | 1,288,708 | 1,187,083 | 1,268,494 | 1,508,463 | 1,262,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | USD bil | 378,526 | 414,556 | 378,144 | 437,794 | 321,094 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | USD bil | 2,095,421 | 1,593,399 | 1,993,523 | 2,367,060 | 1,937,903 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | USD bil | 6,004,948 | 8,188,019 | 7,320,738 | 8,711,267 | 6,324,880 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | USD bil | 2,085,896 | 2,088,317 | 2,159,047 | 2,749,315 | 2,365,950 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | USD bil | 1,738,539 | 1,715,800 | 1,716,042 | 2,262,223 | 1,755,173 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | USD bil | 3,233,031 | 3,184,874 | 3,193,236 | 4,350,515 | 3,819,215 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | USD bil | 1,686,708 | 1,745,169 | 1,746,297 | 2,555,989 | 2,282,311 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | USD bil | 116,638 | 89,428 | 101,008 | 106,329 | 143,548 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | USD bil | 4,377,994 | 4,894,919 | 4,955,300 | 6,222,825 | 5,296,811 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | USD bil | 483,116 | 421,060 | 448,831 | 451,379 | 496,353 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | USD bil | 933,931 | 735,945 | 951,320 | 1,230,977 | 865,328 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | USD bil | 1,212,759 | 1,231,200 | 1,254,541 | 1,771,768 | 1,413,717 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | USD bil | 1,495,314 | 1,519,323 | 1,403,356 | 1,686,497 | 1,441,160 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | USD bil | 26,330,589 | 25,067,540 | 27,352,201 | 32,120,703 | 30,436,313 |
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