Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa
South Africa: Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded was 48.7% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa, 1998–2018
Source: World Federation of Exchanges. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa stood at 48.7%.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa peaked at 87.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2009.
South Africa ranks 26th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 69.1% | — |
| 1999 | 62.2% | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 60.3% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 41.6% | -31.1% |
| 2003 | 45.0% | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 31.9% | -29.2% |
| 2005 | 40.7% | +27.9% |
| 2006 | 51.4% | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 52.3% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 49.5% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -77.6% |
| 2010 | 53.2% | +379.4% |
| 2011 | 87.9% | +65.1% |
| 2012 | 67.1% | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 67.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.4% | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 59.4% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 62.0% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 49.8% | -19.6% |
| 2018 | 48.7% | -2.4% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 48.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.8%, 94% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +379.4% | 11.1% | 53.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.7% | 62.2% | 69.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.6% | 11.1% | 60.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 61.5% | 48.7% | 87.9% | 9 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More financial sector data for South Africa
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 13.81 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0607 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 10.08 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 13.81 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0607 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa?
- Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded in South Africa was 48.7% in 2018, according to World Federation of Exchanges.
- What is the highest value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 87.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2009.
- How does South Africa rank for value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded?
- South Africa ranks 26th out of 51 countries with data for 2018.
- Is value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from World Federation of Exchanges, published as part of Value traded excluding top 10 traded companies to total value traded (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Value of all traded shares outside of the top ten largest traded companies as a share of total value of all traded shares in a stock market exchange. WFE provides data on the exchange level. This variable is aggregated up to the country level by taking a simple average over exchanges.