All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

EEM: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

EEM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, EEM returned +25.45% over the past year and +12.65% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 11, 2003, EEM is up +390.01% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.06%/yr, and is currently −11.19% below its real total-return high on Jun. 22, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jul. 24, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2003-04-11💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
EEM
×
+390.01%
+7.06%/yr
+2.61%/yr
R2=0.376
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2003-04-11💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Start
Value
End
Value
EEM
×
$10,000.00
2003-04-11
$49,000.79
2026-07-24

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-24

  YTD YoY
EEM
×
+12.65% +25.45%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
EEM
×
−11.19%
on 2026-07-24
from 2026-06-22 peak
−67.20%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-24 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
EEM
×
+25.45% +47.94%
+21.63%/yr
+51.92%
+14.96%/yr
+10.50%
+2.02%/yr
+57.66%
+4.66%/yr

Annual Returns

Year EEM
2026 (YTD) +12.65%
2025 +30.49%
2024 +3.51%
2023 +5.42%
2022 −25.39%
2021 −9.97%
2020 +15.45%
2019 +15.58%
2018 −16.89%
2017 +34.42%
2016 +8.62%
2015 −16.78%
2014 −4.61%
2013 −5.09%
2012 +17.02%
2011 −21.14%
2010 +14.81%
2009 +64.48%
2008 −48.93%
2007 +28.09%
2006 +27.99%
2005 +28.23%
2004 +20.71%
2003 +65.06%