Stock price volatility - Country rankings

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Stock price volatility, percent, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 2 countries was 19.22 percent. The highest value was in Australia: 21.7 percent and the lowest value was in New Zealand: 16.73 percent. The indicator is available from 1984 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: Global Financial Development Database
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Countries Stock price volatility, 2021 Global rank Available data
Australia 21.7 1 1984 - 2021
New Zealand 16.73 2 1992 - 2021


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Definition: The stock price volatility index is the 360-day standard deviation of the return on the national stock market index.

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1. Australia
2. New Zealand
21.70
16.73
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5.4
10.9
16.3
21.7


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