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

Total Real Returns

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

EFA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, EFA returned +18.61% over the past year and +11.39% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 17, 2001, EFA is up +168.92% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.04%/yr, and is currently −0.05% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2001-08-17💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
EFA
×
+168.92%
+4.04%/yr
+3.07%/yr
R2=0.666
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2001-08-17💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
EFA
×
$10,000.00
2001-08-17
$26,892.47
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
EFA
×
+11.39% +18.61%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
EFA
×
−0.05%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-08-13 peak
−61.66%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
EFA
×
+18.61% +38.15%
+17.54%/yr
+52.28%
+15.05%/yr
+27.65%
+5.00%/yr
+78.58%
+5.97%/yr

Annual Returns

Year EFA
2026 (YTD) +11.39%
2025 +28.12%
2024 +0.59%
2023 +14.53%
2022 −19.59%
2021 +4.12%
2020 +6.15%
2019 +19.32%
2018 −15.43%
2017 +22.49%
2016 −0.68%
2015 −1.71%
2014 −6.89%
2013 +19.64%
2012 +16.74%
2011 −14.76%
2010 +6.58%
2009 +23.63%
2008 −41.08%
2007 +5.63%
2006 +22.72%
2005 +9.56%
2004 +15.21%
2003 +37.71%
2002 −17.38%
2001 −4.76%