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U.S., Euro Area and Japan Share Prices Since the 1980s
Share price index, 2015 = 100, monthly average
3 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
U.S. · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Euro area · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Japan · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
OECD Financial market statistics (CC BY 4.0): each country's broad national share price index, averaged over the month and rebased to 2015 = 100 by the OECD. Local currency, price only (no dividends). The change over a year is a Palanor calculation.
Four decades of the three largest developed markets. Japan's market took more than three decades to regain its 1989 peak; the euro area's has lagged the U.S. since the 2008 crisis.
What this chart reads
- United States Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100)as “U.S.”latest 2026-09-01
- Euro area Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100)as “Euro area”latest 2026-09-01
- Japan Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100)as “Japan”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
United States Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100). Source: OECD (2026), Financial market (DSD_STES@DF_FINMARK), share prices, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ (accessed 21 October 2026). CC BY 4.0.
Euro area Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100). Source: OECD (2026), Financial market (DSD_STES@DF_FINMARK), share prices, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ (accessed 21 October 2026). CC BY 4.0.
Japan Share Prices (OECD, 2015 = 100). Source: OECD (2026), Financial market (DSD_STES@DF_FINMARK), share prices, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ (accessed 21 October 2026). CC BY 4.0.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.