The Source Dataset from the World Bank is a bit scrappy. Some numbers from Japan were missing a zero and I had to do some extrapolation to fix holes in the series (not for the most major countries though, the two biggies were Sweden and UK) – so it’s not perfect but gives a good picture of general trends.
![[OC] Global Market Cap Shifts Over Half a Century [World Bank Data]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a0u88n188dtf1-1536x693.png "[OC] Global Market Cap Shifts Over Half a Century [World Bank Data]")
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The Source Dataset from the World Bank is a bit scrappy. Some numbers from Japan were missing a zero and I had to do some extrapolation to fix holes in the series (not for the most major countries though, the two biggies were Sweden and UK) – so it’s not perfect but gives a good picture of general trends.
**Tools Used:**
Excel and some JS
**Source:**
[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.GD.ZS](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.GD.ZS)
Japan’s insane peak and then harsh fall off is crazy.
This is very interesting.
What happened to the EU?