Value of stocks traded in Germany

Value of stocks traded in Germany was 29.4% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 9.7 pts from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2004.

2025, % of GDP29.4

Change on 2024+9.7 pts

Rank7th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high1102008

Series low61996

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Value of stocks traded in Germany, 1990 to 2025

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.

All 36 values

Period	% of GDP
2025	29.4
2024	19.7
2023	22.8
2022	30.8
2021	35
2020	46.6
2019	34.4
2018	40.2
2017	41.4
2016	31.8
2015	42.2
2014	32
2013	34.5
2012	34.8
2011	41.2
2010	43.1
2009	51.4
2008	110
2007	93.4
2006	64
2005	44.5
2004	41.4
2003	40.1
2002	41.5
2001	66.2
2000	92.9
1999	59.1
1998	65.3
1997	44.5
1996	6
1995	22.4
1994	27.3
1993	25.5
1992	20.1
1991	23.3
1990	30.5

Rankings

Countries by value of stocks traded 105 places
EU countries by value of stocks traded 27 places

Definition

Annual value of shares traded as a percentage of GDP. Each transaction is counted once and can include domestic and foreign shares.

Exchanges used different methods to count trading activity before 2001, which limits historical comparisons. Compiled by WDI from the World Federation of Exchanges. The latest year varies by country.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS) (Value of stocks traded, Germany, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS

MLA 9

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS), Value of stocks traded, Germany, 1990 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/stocks-traded-gdp/germany. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). Value of stocks traded, Germany, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/stocks-traded-gdp/germany.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS), Value of stocks traded, Germany, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/stocks-traded-gdp/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{world_value_of_stocks_traded_2025,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Stocks traded, total value (\% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS): Value of stocks traded, Germany, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/stocks-traded-gdp/germany. Publisher attribution: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Stocks traded, total value (\% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}

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Value of stocks traded in Germany was 29.4% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 9.7 pts from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2004.

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World Bank. Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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110% of GDP in 2008, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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