iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH)
Top ETFs · Global Developed · data since 2012-01-12 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.13%
7d
-0.51%
30d
+0.94%
YTD
+8.86%
1y
+17.60%
iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1 | 0.6 | -5.7 | 9.2 | 4.3 | -0.5 | -0.9 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 3.3 | -0.4 | -4.3 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | -4.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | -2.0 | 4.8 | -2.8 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | -2.6 | 3.2 | 1.8 | -1.0 | 6.0 | 3.2 | -2.2 | -4.4 | -2.5 | 9.1 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | -5.2 | -2.9 | 2.9 | -8.4 | 0.4 | -8.6 | 8.1 | -4.6 | -9.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | -4.7 |
| 2021 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | -4.2 | 5.8 | -2.0 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | -1.1 | -8.3 | -13.1 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | -3.3 | -3.0 | 12.9 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 | -5.8 | 6.3 | 0.9 | -2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | -4.4 | -1.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | -7.1 | 1.1 | -7.6 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | -6.1 | -0.6 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | -2.5 | 6.7 | -1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | -2.7 | 2.6 | -6.6 | -3.5 | 7.0 | 0.3 | -1.8 |
| 2014 | -4.1 | 5.3 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 3.2 | 1.3 | -1.6 | 2.8 | -3.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | -1.3 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | -4.3 | 5.8 | -1.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 2.7 | 6.5 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -8.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.5 | -2.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Avg | 1.1 | 0.9 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
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 | +1.1% | +0.9% | -0.1% | +1.7% | +1.1% | +0.7% | +3.0% | +0.3% | -0.6% | +0.8% | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| Win rate | 60%/15 | 60%/15 | 60%/15 | 80%/15 | 80%/15 | 67%/15 | 93%/14 | 64%/14 | 57%/14 | 57%/14 | 93%/14 | 64%/14 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-34%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
70%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+12.86%
2020-11
Worst month
-13.09%
2020-03
Longest streaks
15▲ / 3▼
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 World ETF
iShares MSCI World ETF shows up, compounds, repeats — with price receipts on this site going back to 2012. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2012) would be about $516 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +12.86%; its worst, March 2020 at -13.09%.
- It has closed July in the green 13 out of 14 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.