Japan (2025)
171.6
% of GDP
+21pp YoY
YoY Change
+21pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Japan Stock Market Capitalisation (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 171.6 +21pp
2024 150.6 +10.4pp
2023 140.2 +19.2pp
2022 121 -4.2pp
2021 125.2 -4.3pp
2020 129.5 +11.5pp
2019 118 +15.2pp
2018 102.8 -20.7pp
2017 123.5 +26.5pp
2016 97 -10.9pp
2015 107.9 +20.1pp
2014 87.8 +1.6pp
2013 86.2 +31.3pp
2012 54.9 +1.9pp
2011 53 -12.9pp
2010 65.9 +4pp
2009 61.9 +1.5pp
2008 60.4 -33.2pp
2007 93.6 -5.7pp
2006 99.3 +5.5pp

About this Dataset

Japan recorded 171.6 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +21pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 2.9 in 1977 to 171.6 in 2025.

This page tracks listed domestic stock market capitalisation as a share of GDP in Japan from 1990 to present. This is the headline capital market development metric.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks listed domestic stock market capitalisation as a share of GDP in Japan from 1990 to present. This is the headline capital market development metric. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 171.6 % of GDP in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2.9 in 1977. The latest reading of 171.6 in 2025 represents a change of +21pp.