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 +17.21% over the past year and +5.70% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 10, 2005, VWO is up +135.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.10%/yr, and is currently āˆ’4.41% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 26, 2026

Thu 2005-03-10šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-26 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VWO × 		+5.70%
2026-06-26 		+17.21%
2026-06-26
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Returns

Thu 2005-03-10šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-26 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWO × 		+135.34%
+4.10%/yr 		+1.91%/yr
(R2=0.345)
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Growth of $10,000

Thu 2005-03-10šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-26 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWO × 		$10,000.00
2005-03-10 		$23,534.19
2026-06-26
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Annual Returns

Year VWO
2026 (YTD) +5.70%
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 2005-03-10šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-06-26 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWO × 		āˆ’4.41%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		āˆ’68.42%
2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-26 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VWO × 		+17.21% +33.34%
+15.47%/yr 		+45.22%
+13.24%/yr 		+1.79%
+0.35%/yr 		+67.78%
+5.31%/yr
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