US vs China stock market capitalization, $68.94T vs $15.51T in 2025, is a four-to-one gap. These five charts show it from different angles so you understand what the gap is made of.
Size, depth, and momentum tell three different stories. Read all three.
- World Bank WDI: total market cap for both countries, 2000-2025, free.
- Siblis Research: market-cap-to-GDP ratios showing how financialized each economy is.
- CompaniesMarketCap: the biggest listed companies in each country, so you see the concentration.
- CEIC Data: premium China time series for what the annual snapshots miss.
- CapitalDrift (worldmarketstats.com): free weekly leaderboard of country market-cap movers; $10/mo adds rotation signals and charts back to 2000.
Sources: World Bank WDI, Siblis Research
The gap has narrowed before. The charts will tell you if it is narrowing again.