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A sortable league table of emerging economies, for researching which markets may outperform.
Click any column heading to sort. Market cap / GDP is a rough gauge of how developed a country's listed market is.
| Country | Region | GDPnominal, USD | GDP growthreal, annual | Inflationannual | Populationpeople | GDP per capitaUSD | Market captotal listed, USD | Market cap / GDP% of GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saudi Arabia |
Middle East | $1.11T | 1.3% | 1.6% | 33.7M | $35,230 | $2.72T | 245.0% |
 United Arab Emirates |
Middle East | $552.32B | 4.0% | 2.3% | 10.0M | $53,700 | $1.06T | 192.0% |
 Qatar |
Middle East | $216.29B | 1.5% | 1.3% | 3.4M | $70,815 | $166.30B | 76.9% |
 Kuwait |
Middle East | $160.23B | -2.7% | 3.0% | 4.9M | $32,289 | $101.00B | 63.0% |
Covers the 62 emerging and frontier markets tracked on this site — not a global ranking. Macro figures are compiled per country from public sources — chiefly the IMF World Economic Outlook, World Bank World Development Indicators and national statistics agencies; each country page states its own data year and sources. Data year 2024–2025 · refreshed 2026-09-01 How we classify countries →