As of April 2019, the top 5 countries with the highest market cap by stock allocation are the US, Japan, UK, China, and France with 54.41%, 7.58%, 5.21%, 3.6%, and 3.42% of the total index market cap, respectively. The other 42 countries with stocks in the MSCI ACWI make up 25.7% of the market cap. The MSCI ACWI index covers 85% of the global market capitalisation. It tracks over 2,800 large and mid-cap stocks in 23 developed markets and 26 emerging markets. However, the share of emerging markets in the ACWI is only around 11% whereas they have more than a one-third share of world GDP. The MSCI ACWI Index (ACWI) is global equity index consisting of developed and emerging market countries. The MSCI World Index offers a broad global equity benchmark without emerging markets exposure. It represents large and mid-cap equity performance across 23 developed markets countries.