Editing Stock market (section)

==Size of the market==
The total [[market capitalization]] of all publicly traded stocks worldwide rose from [[United States dollar|US$]]2.5 trillion in 1980 to US$111 trillion by the end of 2023.<ref name="worldbank">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=FY 2023 Market Highlights |url=https://www.world-exchanges.org/storage/app/media/FY%202023%20Market%20Highlights%20Report%20v3.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.CD |archive-date=17 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024 |publisher=[[World Federation of Exchanges]]}}</ref>

{{As of|2016|}}, there are 60 stock exchanges in the world. Of these, there are 16 exchanges with a [[market capitalization]] of $1 trillion or more, and they account for 87% of [[global market]] capitalization. Apart from the [[Australian Securities Exchange]], these 16 exchanges are all in [[North America]], [[Europe]], or [[Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://money.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-stock-exchanges-by-size/ | title=All of the World's Stock Exchanges by Size | date=2016-02-16 | access-date=2016-09-29 | archive-date=April 14, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414012445/http://money.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-stock-exchanges-by-size/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

By country, the largest stock markets as of January 2022 are in the United States of America (about 59.9%), followed by Japan (about 6.2%) and United Kingdom (about 3.9%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/710680/global-stock-markets-by-country/|title=countries with largest stock markets|website=statista|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608061951/https://www.statista.com/statistics/710680/global-stock-markets-by-country/|url-status=live}}</ref>