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

Total Real Returns

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

VWO real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, VWO returned +21.23% over the past year and +5.65% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 10, 2005, VWO is up +135.24% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.12%/yr, and is currently āˆ’4.31% below its real total-return high on Feb. 17, 2021.

Thu 2005-03-10? to Mon 2026-05-18 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VWO × 		+5.65%
2026-05-18 		+21.23%
2026-05-18
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Returns

Thu 2005-03-10? to Mon 2026-05-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWO × 		+135.24%
+4.12%/yr 		+1.88%/yr
(R2=0.337)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2005-03-10? to Mon 2026-05-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWO × 		$10,000.00
2005-03-10 		$23,523.78
2026-05-18
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Annual Returns

Year VWO
2026 (YTD) +5.65%
2025 +22.34%
2024 +7.49%
2023 +5.73%
2022 āˆ’22.97%
2021 āˆ’5.40%
2020 +13.63%
2019 +18.05%
2018 āˆ’16.36%
2017 +28.76%
2016 +9.90%
2015 āˆ’16.43%
2014 āˆ’0.79%
2013 āˆ’6.35%
2012 +17.18%
2011 āˆ’21.09%
2010 +17.71%
2009 +71.64%
2008 āˆ’52.50%
2007 +31.91%
2006 +26.19%
2005 +20.67%

Drawdowns

Thu 2005-03-10? to Mon 2026-05-18 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWO × 		āˆ’4.31%
from 2021-02-17 peak 		āˆ’68.42%
2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-05-18 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VWO × 		+21.23% +30.02%
+14.02%/yr 		+46.75%
+13.63%/yr 		+4.96%
+0.97%/yr 		+71.37%
+5.53%/yr
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