Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA)
Top ETFs · International Developed · data since 2007-07-26 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.10%
7d
+0.01%
30d
-0.81%
YTD
+12.37%
1y
+23.47%
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.0 | 6.1 | -8.6 | 7.4 | 4.3 | -0.2 | -2.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 2.3 | -0.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.4 | -1.4 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | -1.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | -3.4 | 4.7 | -1.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -5.1 | 0.4 | -3.5 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | -3.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | -3.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | -4.0 | -3.8 | -3.4 | 8.8 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | -3.9 | -2.6 | 0.7 | -6.8 | 1.6 | -9.2 | 5.3 | -5.8 | -9.9 | 6.1 | 12.6 | -2.2 |
| 2021 | -0.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | -0.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | -3.4 | 3.2 | -4.6 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | -3.0 | -7.7 | -15.2 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 5.2 | -1.8 | -3.5 | 14.3 | 5.6 |
| 2019 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | -5.2 | 5.9 | -2.0 | -1.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | -5.1 | -0.4 | 1.3 | -1.4 | -1.6 | 2.3 | -1.7 | 0.7 | -8.6 | 0.5 | -5.7 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | -5.5 | -3.1 | 7.2 | 2.3 | -0.3 | -2.1 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | -2.4 | -1.5 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 6.2 | -1.2 | 3.9 | -0.1 | -2.9 | 1.5 | -7.2 | -4.1 | 6.7 | -0.8 | -2.1 |
| 2014 | -5.2 | 6.0 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | -2.4 | 0.3 | -4.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -3.8 |
| 2013 | 3.8 | -1.1 | 1.2 | 5.2 | -3.0 | -2.8 | 5.2 | -1.6 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 2012 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 | -2.4 | -11.2 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 2.2 | 3.7 | -2.5 | 6.2 | -2.7 | -1.2 | -2.4 | -8.6 | -11.3 | 9.8 | -2.1 | -2.1 |
| 2010 | -5.4 | 0.7 | 6.3 | -2.8 | -11.5 | -1.8 | 11.7 | -3.6 | 9.7 | 4.1 | -4.9 | 8.4 |
| 2009 | -14.0 | -10.1 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 13.1 | -1.8 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | -2.8 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | -7.4 | -1.0 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 1.2 | -8.7 | -3.5 | -4.0 | -11.6 | -20.6 | -6.6 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.0 | -0.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | -3.8 | -2.8 |
| Avg | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 2.0 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
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% | +0.2% | +0.5% | +2.7% | +0.3% | -0.5% | +2.2% | -0.8% | -0.5% | -0.1% | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| Win rate | 53%/19 | 58%/19 | 63%/19 | 79%/19 | 53%/19 | 37%/19 | 68%/19 | 47%/19 | 58%/19 | 58%/19 | 58%/19 | 63%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-60.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±5.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
58%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+14.3%
2020-11
Worst month
-20.56%
2008-10
Longest streaks
14▲ / 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 Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2007) would be about $264 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2020 at +14.3%; its worst, October 2008 at -20.56%.
- It has closed April in the green 15 out of 19 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.