Ranked: Global Stock Markets Performance (2025)

Jul 19
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Global stock markets had a phenomenal performance in 2025.

The global top stock market performance was led by South Korea’s KOSPI Index which achieved a 76% return in the year. Few other top performers were Spain, Vietnam and South Africa, while China, India and France were on a lower side.

Title written as “Global Market Performance in 2025”. An exclusive researched row graph showing the annual performance of indexes in 2025 around the world from highest to lowest. Each value is shown with country name, country flag and index name. Listed countries include South Korea, USA, UK, China, India, Japan, Canada, Spain, Vietnam, South Africa, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Hong Kong, Germany and France.

Here are the top 5 performers:

South Korea (KOSPI): 76%
Spain (IBEX 35): 49%
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh): 41%
South Africa (FTSE/ JSE): 38%
Brazil (Bovespa): 34%

At the same time, some lower performers were:

UK(FTSE 100): 21%
USA (NASDAQ): 20%
China (Shanghai Composite): 18%
India (BSE Sensex): 10%
France (CAC 40): 10%

The complete list of global stock markets index performance in 2025 of selected economies sourced from CNN is:

Sr. no	Country	Return (%)
1	South Korea	76%
2	Spain	49%
3	Vietnam	41%
4	South Africa	38%
5	Brazil	34%
6	Italy	31%
7	Mexico	30%
8	Canada	28%
9	Hong Kong	28%
10	Japan	26%
11	Germany	23%
12	UK	21%
13	US	20%
14	China	18%
15	India	10%
16	France	10%