Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)
Top ETFs · Emerging Markets · data since 2005-03-10 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.52%
7d
-0.07%
30d
-1.98%
YTD
+7.64%
1y
+16.34%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.0 | 2.9 | -7.0 | 9.0 | 1.6 | -0.2 | -3.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | -0.0 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.5 | -1.2 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | -3.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 7.3 | -2.7 | -2.1 | -1.0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | -6.7 | 2.6 | -0.4 | -3.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | -5.9 | -2.5 | -3.2 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | -3.7 | -3.3 | -5.8 | 0.5 | -3.9 | -0.8 | -0.5 | -10.1 | -2.9 | 14.3 | -2.2 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 1.6 | -0.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | -5.9 | 2.2 | -3.4 | 1.3 | -2.9 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | -5.5 | -3.5 | -17.1 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 2.7 | -1.2 | 1.3 | 8.6 | 6.0 |
| 2019 | 9.7 | -0.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | -6.4 | 5.4 | -1.8 | -3.3 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| 2018 | 8.6 | -5.4 | -0.2 | -2.8 | -2.3 | -4.8 | 4.0 | -4.2 | -1.4 | -7.7 | 4.8 | -3.3 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | -0.5 | 2.4 | -0.3 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | -5.8 | -0.3 | 12.7 | 1.0 | -3.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | -4.0 | -0.7 |
| 2015 | -0.2 | 4.7 | -2.1 | 7.4 | -3.5 | -2.5 | -6.3 | -9.9 | -2.9 | 5.3 | -2.3 | -3.4 |
| 2014 | -8.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 | -7.2 | 2.2 | -1.1 | -4.7 |
| 2013 | 0.1 | -2.4 | -1.3 | 2.0 | -5.1 | -5.3 | 0.7 | -3.4 | 7.3 | 4.3 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| 2012 | 10.8 | 5.4 | -2.6 | -2.1 | -10.7 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 | -0.6 | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| 2011 | -3.5 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 3.4 | -2.9 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -9.1 | -18.4 | 15.9 | -1.7 | -4.2 |
| 2010 | -6.7 | 1.9 | 8.2 | -0.2 | -9.2 | -0.6 | 10.2 | -2.6 | 11.4 | 3.1 | -2.8 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | -8.9 | -2.4 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 17.9 | -2.5 | 10.9 | -0.7 | 10.0 | -2.4 | 7.2 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | -9.0 | 2.9 | -3.7 | 8.4 | 1.8 | -9.8 | -4.7 | -7.9 | -15.6 | -27.3 | -8.7 | 7.7 |
| 2007 | 0.1 | -2.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | -0.0 | 9.8 | 13.0 | -8.5 | -0.9 |
| 2006 | 11.6 | -2.1 | 1.2 | 7.8 | -11.3 | -0.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | · | · | -5.9 | -2.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 8.2 | -5.7 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Avg | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | -1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
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 | +0.6% | -0.0% | +0.7% | +2.8% | -0.5% | +0.8% | +2.2% | -1.3% | +0.3% | +0.3% | +1.0% | +1.8% |
| Win rate | 57%/21 | 48%/21 | 55%/22 | 68%/22 | 55%/22 | 55%/22 | 71%/21 | 48%/21 | 52%/21 | 62%/21 | 43%/21 | 57%/21 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-67.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±5.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
56%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+17.89%
2009-05
Worst month
-27.26%
2008-10
Longest streaks
8▲ / 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 Emerging Markets ETF
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2005. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2005) would be about $443 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was May 2009 at +17.89%; its worst, October 2008 at -27.26%.
- It has closed July in the green 15 out of 21 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.