EU countries by value of stocks traded
The Netherlands had the highest value of stocks traded of 25 EU countries in 1998, at 92.3% of GDP. Romania had the lowest, at 0.4% of GDP. The median was 12.2% of GDP. Source: the World Bank.
All EU countries, 1998
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 1998 | Change on 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 92.3 | +32.8 pts |
| 2 | Sweden | 73.7 | +16.8 pts |
| 3 | Germany | 65.3 | +20.8 pts |
| 4 | Spain | 60.8 | +28.5 pts |
| 5 | Ireland | 47.8 | +28.5 pts |
| 6 | Finland | 47.5 | +20.1 pts |
| 7 | Portugal | 40.5 | +23.5 pts |
| 8 | France | 40.3 | +13.2 pts |
| 9 | Italy | 38.2 | +21.9 pts |
| 10 | Denmark | 38 | +12.6 pts |
| 11 | Greece | 35.8 | +20.6 pts |
| 12 | Belgium | 22.8 | +11.5 pts |
| 13 | Estonia | 12.2 | |
| 14 | Austria | 8.3 | +2.6 pts |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 7.7 | +2.6 pts |
| 16 | Czechia | 7 | -2.1 pts |
| 17 | Cyprus | 6.8 | +2.6 pts |
| 18 | Poland | 5.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 19 | Slovakia | 4.4 | -6.3 pts |
| 20 | Slovenia | 3.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 21 | Latvia | 1.3 | -0 pts |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 1 | +0.6 pts |
| 23 | Malta | 0.9 | |
| 24 | Croatia | 0.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 25 | Romania | 0.4 | -0.3 pts |
Other periods
About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 2 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 1998 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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.Citation styles
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World Bank. (2026). Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS) (EU countries by value of stocks traded, 1998) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS
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Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS), EU countries by value of stocks traded, 1998. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/stocks-traded-gdp/eu-countries?period=1998. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
World Bank. 2026. Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). EU countries by value of stocks traded, 1998. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/stocks-traded-gdp/eu-countries?period=1998.
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World Bank (2026) Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS), EU countries by value of stocks traded, 1998 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/stocks-traded-gdp/eu-countries?period=1998 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which EU country has the highest value of stocks traded?
The Netherlands, with 92.3% of GDP in 1998, according to the World Bank.
Which EU country has the lowest value of stocks traded?
Romania, with 0.4% of GDP in 1998.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) (CM.MKT.TRAD.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 EU countries have no value for 1998 and are not ranked.