Global Competitiveness Reports
Stock Market Capitalization to GDP Ratio
The Stock Market Capitalization to GDP ratio is calculated by Sum of (The Stock Market Capitalization of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) as of End of the year) divided by GDP of UAE, as follows:
| # The stock market capitalization of ADX and DFM by end of year
(listed companies) | 2024 3,909,161,054,612 | 2023 3,568,309,388,390 | 2022 3,205,500,841,438 | 2021 2,036,262,440,285 | 2021 1,082,725,477,200 | 2021 905,415,816,180 | 2021 848,733,851,993 |
| # GDP of UAE | 2024 1,888,144,013,918 | 2023 1,888,144,013,918 | 2022 1,846,283,032,013 | 2021 1,524,744,116,447 | 2021 1,283,439,648,825 | 2021 1,535,067,253,070 | 2021 1,568,339,039,568 |
| # The Stock Market Capitalization to GDP ratio | 2024 207.04% | 2023 188.99% | 2022 173.62% | 2021 133.55% | 2021 84.36% | 2021 58.98% | 2021 54.12% |
- Source: The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, Data of 2023 is Preliminary.
- Source: UAE Stock Markets (ADX, DFM)
Stock Market Total Value Traded to GDP Ratio
The Stock Market Total Value Traded to GDP is calculated by Sum of (Total Value of Stocks Traded on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) during the year (cumulative) divided by GDP of UAE, as follows:
| # The Stock Market Total Value Traded during the year (listed companies) | 2024 383,098,641,067 | 2023 357,228,974,862 | 2022 469,908,107,652 | 2021 412,883,181,984.48 | 2020 130,514,585,016 | 2019 95,388,456,588 | 2018 95,484,530,307 |
| # GDP of UAE | 2024 1,888,144,013,918 | 2023 1,888,144,013,918 | 2022 1,846,283,032,013 | 2021 1,524,744,116,447 | 2020 1,283,439,648,825 | 2019 1,535,067,253,070 | 2018 1,568,339,039,568 |
| # The Stock Market Capitalization to GDP ratio | 2024 20.29% | 2023 18.92% | 2022 27.08% | 2021 10.17% | 2020 84.36% | 2019 6.21% | 2018 6.09% |
- Source: The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, Data of 2023 is Preliminary.
- Source: UAE Stock Markets (ADX, DFM)
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