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

Total Real Returns

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

VEA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VEA returned +24.73% over the past year and +7.44% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 26, 2007, VEA is up +59.02% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.50%/yr, and is currently āˆ’3.77% below its real total-return high on Feb. 26, 2026.

Thu 2007-07-26? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VEA × 		+7.44%
2026-05-19 		+24.73%
2026-05-19
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Returns

Thu 2007-07-26? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VEA × 		+59.02%
+2.50%/yr 		+3.26%/yr
(R2=0.630)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2007-07-26? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VEA × 		$10,000.00
2007-07-26 		$15,902.44
2026-05-19
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Annual Returns

Year VEA
2026 (YTD) +7.44%
2025 +31.66%
2024 +0.26%
2023 +14.14%
2022 āˆ’20.49%
2021 +4.32%
2020 +8.24%
2019 +19.88%
2018 āˆ’16.34%
2017 +23.80%
2016 +0.55%
2015 āˆ’1.10%
2014 āˆ’6.67%
2013 +20.00%
2012 +16.54%
2011 āˆ’14.84%
2010 +6.76%
2009 +24.13%
2008 āˆ’40.68%
2007 +1.41%

Drawdowns

Thu 2007-07-26? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VEA × 		āˆ’3.77%
from 2026-02-26 peak 		āˆ’61.32%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VEA × 		+24.73% +35.22%
+16.25%/yr 		+49.31%
+14.29%/yr 		+27.09%
+4.91%/yr 		+88.49%
+6.54%/yr
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