North America - Stocks traded

Stocks traded, total value (current US$)

The latest value for Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in North America was 24,624,700,000,000 as of 2019. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 48,748,400,000,000 in 2008 and 142,490,000,000 in 1975.

Definition: The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values converted to U.S. dollars using corresponding year-end foreign exchange rates.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

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Year Value
1975 142,490,000,000
1976 179,690,000,000
1977 172,541,000,000
1978 236,003,000,000
1979 289,928,000,000
1980 436,972,000,000
1981 439,447,000,000
1982 524,612,000,000
1983 825,292,000,000
1984 1,133,730,000,000
1985 1,507,770,000,000
1986 2,238,900,000,000
1987 2,970,220,000,000
1988 2,033,880,000,000
1989 2,430,950,000,000
1990 2,100,220,000,000
1991 2,213,180,000,000
1992 2,606,150,000,000
1993 3,567,770,000,000
1994 3,804,890,000,000
1995 5,362,070,000,000
1996 7,230,510,000,000
1997 9,603,600,000,000
1998 12,662,000,000,000
1999 19,208,600,000,000
2000 30,410,700,000,000
2001 21,329,700,000,000
2002 17,501,400,000,000
2003 16,551,700,000,000
2004 19,809,700,000,000
2005 26,724,400,000,000
2006 31,819,100,000,000
2007 44,597,700,000,000
2008 48,748,400,000,000
2009 35,639,300,000,000
2010 37,430,300,000,000
2011 42,519,400,000,000
2012 33,697,500,000,000
2013 34,570,900,000,000
2014 40,320,500,000,000
2015 42,494,600,000,000
2016 43,224,900,000,000
2017 41,066,100,000,000
2018 34,400,900,000,000
2019 24,624,700,000,000

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in North America was 106.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 299.57 in 2008, while its lowest value was 7.52 in 1977.

Definition: The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

See also:

Year Value
1975 7.67
1976 8.64
1977 7.52
1978 9.18
1979 10.10
1980 13.96
1981 12.51
1982 14.34
1983 20.76
1984 25.81
1985 32.05
1986 45.17
1987 56.18
1988 35.41
1989 39.17
1990 32.03
1991 32.70
1992 36.64
1993 47.98
1994 48.38
1995 65.03
1996 83.07
1997 103.99
1998 130.54
1999 186.27
2000 276.45
2001 188.35
2002 149.57
2003 133.94
2004 149.56
2005 188.01
2006 210.17
2007 280.01
2008 299.57
2009 225.13
2010 225.27
2011 245.18
2012 186.88
2013 185.49
2014 208.49
2015 214.60
2016 213.14
2017 193.71
2018 153.96
2019 106.22

Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%)

The value for Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) in North America was 106.08 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 383.27 in 2008 and a minimum value of 47.09 in 1991.

Definition: Turnover ratio is the value of domestic shares traded divided by their market capitalization. The value is annualized by multiplying the monthly average by 12.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

See also:

Year Value
1984 61.59
1985 57.70
1986 78.02
1987 102.06
1988 63.04
1989 61.92
1990 58.88
1991 47.09
1992 51.75
1993 61.23
1994 66.57
1995 70.08
1996 77.38
1997 81.33
1998 90.17
1999 118.94
2000 189.14
2001 145.83
2002 148.36
2003 108.68
2004 113.37
2005 145.13
2006 149.57
2007 202.95
2008 383.27
2009 213.85
2010 193.15
2011 241.95
2012 162.08
2013 131.58
2014 141.55
2015 158.69
2016 92.33
2017 111.83
2018 106.08

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Capital markets