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 +12.13% over the past year and +7.18% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 17, 2001, EFA is up +157.84% in real purchasing-power return, or +3.83%/yr, and is currently −3.81% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2001-08-17💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
EFA
×
+157.84%
+3.83%/yr
+3.10%/yr
R2=0.675
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2001-08-17💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value
End
Value
EFA
×
$10,000.00
2001-08-17
$25,783.83
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
EFA
×
+7.18% +12.13%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
EFA
×
−3.81%
on 2026-11-04
from 2026-08-13 peak
−61.66%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
EFA
×
+12.13% +32.49%
+15.11%/yr
+51.70%
+14.90%/yr
+23.98%
+4.39%/yr
+79.35%
+6.02%/yr

Annual Returns

Year EFA
2026 (YTD) +7.18%
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 +37.22%
2002 −17.38%
2001 −4.76%