China vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Stock market return

China
13.5%
in 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
14.4%
in 2021
China rank
60th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
58th

Stock market return over time

  • China
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0100200300198520032021

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 14.4% against 13.5% in China, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1991 it was China ahead.

China ranks 60th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 58th of 86 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade China United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 49.3% 11.7% 37.6% China
2000s 15.7% -1.3% 17.0% China
2010s 2.6% 5.8% 3.2% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 10.3% 0.9% 9.3% China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher stock market return, China or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 14.4% against 13.5% in China as of 2021.
What is the difference in stock market return between China and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
0.9%, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2021.
How do China and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for stock market return?
China ranks 60th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 58th of 86 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Bloomberg, published as Stock market return (%, year-on-year). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Stock market return. Statizoid, drawing on Bloomberg. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/stock-market-return-percent-year-on-year/china/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/stock-market-return-percent-year-on-year/china/united-kingdom/">China vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Stock market return</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Stock market return (%, year-on-year)
Unit
%, year-on-year
Source
Bloomberg
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 2,319 data points, 1984–2021
Last refreshed

Stock market return is the growth rate of annual average stock market index. Annual average stock market index is constructed by taking the average of the daily stock market indexes available at Bloomberg.