iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA)
Top ETFs · International Developed · data since 2001-08-27 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.50%
7d
+0.08%
30d
+1.12%
YTD
+9.39%
1y
+17.71%
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.9 | 4.6 | -7.8 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0.7 | -0.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 2.4 | -2.1 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | -0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | -3.2 | 5.1 | -1.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.8 | -5.3 | -0.3 | -3.0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | -3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -4.0 | 4.5 | 2.7 | -3.9 | -3.6 | -2.9 | 8.2 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | -3.6 | -3.4 | 0.5 | -6.7 | 2.0 | -8.8 | 5.2 | -6.1 | -9.2 | 5.9 | 13.2 | -1.8 |
| 2021 | -0.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | -1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | -3.3 | 3.2 | -4.5 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | -2.8 | -7.8 | -14.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 | -2.0 | -3.5 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | -5.0 | 5.9 | -1.9 | -1.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | -4.8 | -0.8 | 1.5 | -1.9 | -1.6 | 2.9 | -2.2 | 1.0 | -8.1 | 0.5 | -5.3 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | -0.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | -5.5 | -3.3 | 6.6 | 2.2 | -0.1 | -2.4 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | -2.2 | -1.8 | 2.7 |
| 2015 | 0.6 | 6.3 | -1.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | -3.1 | 2.0 | -7.4 | -4.4 | 6.6 | -0.8 | -2.3 |
| 2014 | -5.2 | 6.1 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | -2.6 | 0.2 | -3.9 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -4.0 |
| 2013 | 3.7 | -1.3 | 1.3 | 5.0 | -3.0 | -2.7 | 5.3 | -2.0 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 0.4 | -2.1 | -11.1 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 2011 | 2.1 | 3.5 | -2.4 | 5.6 | -2.2 | -1.2 | -2.4 | -8.8 | -10.8 | 9.6 | -2.2 | -2.2 |
| 2010 | -5.1 | 0.3 | 6.4 | -2.8 | -11.2 | -2.1 | 11.6 | -3.8 | 10.0 | 3.8 | -4.8 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | -13.7 | -10.4 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 13.2 | -1.4 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | -2.5 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| 2008 | -7.8 | -1.0 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 1.2 | -8.8 | -3.3 | -4.3 | -11.4 | -20.8 | -6.4 | 8.9 |
| 2007 | 1.4 | -0.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -0.6 | 5.3 | 4.3 | -3.6 | -3.0 |
| 2006 | 5.8 | -0.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 | -3.8 | -0.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | -1.9 | 3.8 | -2.6 | -1.6 | -0.9 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | -3.2 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | -3.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | -4.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2003 | -4.3 | -2.1 | -2.3 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| 2002 | -5.8 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -3.3 | -9.5 | -1.0 | -10.4 | 3.8 | 5.6 | -3.4 |
| 2001 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -2.8 | -9.6 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| Avg | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 1.1 | -0.5 | -0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -0.1% | +0.3% | +0.7% | +2.5% | +0.4% | -0.3% | +1.2% | -0.5% | -0.8% | +0.6% | +1.8% | +1.9% |
| Win rate | 52%/25 | 56%/25 | 68%/25 | 76%/25 | 60%/25 | 44%/25 | 67%/24 | 48%/25 | 60%/25 | 64%/25 | 68%/25 | 68%/25 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-61%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+14.27%
2020-11
Worst month
-20.83%
2008-10
Longest streaks
12▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2001. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2001) would be about $489 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +14.27%; its worst, October 2008 at -20.83%.
- It has closed April in the green 19 out of 25 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.