The following table shows the stock market returns for political leaders since they came into office. The table is ranked by the final column – the compound annual growth rate of the market returns.
For example, Shinzo Abe has been prime minister of Japan for 62 months, over that time the Nikkei 225 Index has risen 111.2%, which is a CAGR of 15.7%.
Political Leader | Country | In Office (months) | Stock Market Return (%) | Stock Market CAGR (%) |
Michel Temer | Brazil | 18 | 41.4 | 27.2 |
Donald Trump | US | 13 | 18.7 | 17.7 |
Shinzo Abe | Japan | 62 | 111.2 | 15.7 |
Narendra Modi | India | 45 | 38.4 | 9.2 |
Angela Merkel | Germany | 149 | 139.5 | 7.4 |
Xi Jinping | China | 64 | 41.0 | 6.8 |
Lee Nak-yeon | South Korea | 8 | 4.5 | 6.6 |
Malcolm Turnbull | Australia | 29 | 16.2 | 6.5 |
Theresa May | UK | 19 | 7.1 | 4.4 |
Mariano Rajoy | Spain | 75 | 17.1 | 2.6 |
Vladimir Putin | Russia | 70 | -16.4 | -3.1 |
Emmanuel Macron | France | 9 | -4.5 | -6.1 |