Kuwait - Stocks traded

Stocks traded, total value (current US$)

The latest value for Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in Kuwait was 13,167,270,000 as of 2020. Over the past 27 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92,368,280,000 in 2005 and 1,165,490,000 in 2001.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1993 2,588,200,000
1994 1,925,700,000
1995 6,173,400,000
1996 17,790,000,000
1997 32,985,910,000
1998 9,270,560,000
2001 1,165,490,000
2002 2,230,000,000
2003 5,610,000,000
2004 48,454,400,000
2005 92,368,280,000
2006 57,196,160,000
2011 21,400,000,000
2012 21,764,200,000
2013 40,330,800,000
2015 26,892,110,000
2019 3,692,900,000
2020 13,167,270,000

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Kuwait was 12.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 114.32 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.71 in 2019.

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
1993 10.81
1994 7.75
1995 22.70
1996 56.49
1997 108.67
1998 35.74
2001 3.34
2002 5.85
2003 11.72
2004 81.52
2005 114.32
2006 56.32
2011 13.89
2012 12.50
2013 23.16
2015 23.47
2019 2.71
2020 12.43

Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%)

The value for Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) in Kuwait was 12.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 111.23 in 1997 and a minimum value of 3.13 in 2019.

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
1993 24.65
1994 19.34
1995 47.60
1996 93.96
1997 111.23
1998 40.72
2001 5.15
2002 7.09
2003 9.20
2004 66.46
2005 89.06
2006 53.42
2019 3.13
2020 12.42

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Capital markets