Kuwait - Stocks traded

Stocks traded, total value (current US$)

The latest value for Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in Kuwait was 21,395,910,000 as of 2011. Over the past 23 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 122,742,000,000 in 2008 and 1,709,000,000 in 1989.

Definition: Stocks traded refers to the total value of shares traded during the period.

Source: Standard & Poor's, Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data.

See also:

Year Value
1988 2,543,000,000
1989 1,709,000,000
1993 2,612,000,000
1994 1,948,000,000
1995 6,389,000,000
1996 19,203,000,000
1997 34,576,000,000
1998 9,333,000,000
1999 6,061,000,000
2000 4,210,000,000
2001 11,458,810,000
2002 21,652,100,000
2003 52,728,190,000
2004 48,614,830,000
2005 94,010,040,000
2006 55,885,810,000
2007 120,704,000,000
2008 122,742,000,000
2009 69,932,360,000
2010 41,810,600,000
2011 21,395,910,000

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Kuwait was 63.89 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 116.35 in 2005, while its lowest value was 7.03 in 1989.

Definition: Stocks traded refers to the total value of shares traded during the period. This indicator complements the market capitalization ratio by showing whether market size is matched by trading.

Source: Standard & Poor's, Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data.

See also:

Year Value
1988 12.29
1989 7.03
1993 10.91
1994 7.84
1995 23.50
1996 60.98
1997 113.92
1998 35.97
1999 20.12
2000 11.16
2001 32.84
2002 56.77
2003 110.14
2004 81.79
2005 116.35
2006 55.03
2007 105.21
2008 82.50
2009 63.89

Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%)

The value for Stocks traded, turnover ratio (%) in Kuwait was 19.41 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 144.51 in 1997 and a minimum value of 15.73 in 1989.

Definition: Turnover ratio is the total value of shares traded during the period divided by the average market capitalization for the period. Average market capitalization is calculated as the average of the end-of-period values for the current period and the previous period.

Source: Standard & Poor's, Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data.

See also:

Year Value
1989 15.73
1994 18.64
1995 50.70
1996 106.11
1997 144.51
1998 42.28
1999 32.81
2000 21.27
2001 52.13
2002 80.35
2003 117.03
2004 75.50
2005 94.27
2006 43.15
2007 76.16
2008 83.16
2009 68.86
2010 38.79
2011 19.41

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Capital markets