World Country Index Returns

Returns as of 30 November 2024
Currency: USD

On this page, we present the key metrics of the main World Countries. The calculations are in USD currency over recent years.

The best performing in the last 5 Years is Argentina, that granted a +29.99% annualized return.

The worst is Vietnam, with a -4.43% annualized return in the last 5 Years.

Each asset presented here is carefully evaluated. Please research and study in depth if you want to include it in your portfolio.

By exploring these metrics, you can gain insights into performance trends, volatility, and other crucial factors that can help you build a well-diversified and efficient investment strategy. Whether you are a seasoned investor or just starting, this information aims to support your decision-making process in constructing a robust lazy portfolio.

Metrics as of 30 November 2024

Columns are sortable, World Countries are pre-ordered by 5Y return.

WORLD COUNTRIES - USD CURRENCY
Return - Risk - Drawdown
Last Update as of 30 November 2024
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Nov 2024. Inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 2.73% , 3Y: 4.31% , 5Y: 4.18% , 10Y: 2.93%
Returns over 1 year are annualized. Last update: 30 November 2024.
Risk is represented as the annualized Standard Deviation of monthly returns.
High values of Standard Deviation mean high fluctuations in prices.
Last update: 30 November 2024.
The maximum Drawdown is calculated considering the end of month prices.
Low Risk Assets usually grant less severe drawdowns.
Last update: 30 November 2024.
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Nov 2024. 2024: 2.49%, 2023: 3.32%, 2022: 6.41%, 2021: 7.18%
Last update: 30 November 2024.
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USD
Return (%) - Nov 30, 2024
St.Dev. (%)
Ann. Return / St.Dev.
Max Drawdown (%)
Return / Drawdown
Ulcer Index
YTD(%)
Yearly Returns (%)
Ticker Asset 1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y 5Y ▾ 10Y 1Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 1Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
ARGT
Argentina
14.55
28.12
33.58
67.68
44.24
29.99
16.02
 23.72 32.62 35.19 32.49 2.85 1.36 0.85 0.49 -29.29 -38.17 -55.87 1.51 0.79 0.29 9.06 11.57 19.51
63.29
53.66
10.36
3.83
14.57
14.50
-32.63
53.87
VTI
United States
6.70
8.05
15.90
34.45
10.37
15.16
12.85
 9.97 17.51 18.51 15.66 3.46 0.59 0.82 0.82 -24.81 -24.81 -24.81 0.42 0.61 0.52 10.83 9.10 6.95
27.69
26.05
-19.51
25.67
21.03
30.67
-5.21
21.21
EWT
Taiwan
-1.97
-1.21
5.62
22.83
3.89
13.94
10.59
 13.19 23.11 22.15 18.95 1.73 0.17 0.63 0.56 -37.46 -37.46 -37.46 0.10 0.37 0.28 17.08 13.77 11.76
15.47
29.20
-28.84
28.94
31.50
33.33
-9.92
26.85
EDEN
Denmark
-4.37
-12.21
-10.02
8.52
3.85
13.20
10.48
 13.54 20.18 19.81 16.83 0.63 0.19 0.67 0.62 -32.18 -34.38 -34.38 0.12 0.38 0.30 10.88 10.10 8.52
2.86
17.99
-11.44
14.80
42.55
24.37
-14.42
35.40
INDA
India
-0.07
-5.09
3.34
19.04
7.12
11.25
6.84
 10.19 12.97 19.08 18.08 1.87 0.55 0.59 0.38 -15.41 -31.41 -34.00 0.46 0.36 0.20 6.62 8.25 10.08
12.23
17.16
-8.94
21.41
14.83
6.49
-6.69
36.08
EWC
Canada
6.45
6.82
14.10
26.48
7.37
10.24
6.02
 11.51 18.16 20.54 17.86 2.30 0.41 0.50 0.34 -22.93 -26.90 -27.68 0.32 0.38 0.22 10.08 9.56 10.11
19.02
14.75
-12.95
27.00
5.52
27.56
-17.16
15.74
TUR
Turkey
8.83
-1.57
-12.65
5.81
30.74
9.72
-1.75
 25.44 33.00 35.12 32.82 0.23 0.93 0.28 -0.05 -20.90 -35.64 -64.14 1.47 0.27 -0.03 9.11 17.10 40.15
14.41
-8.66
105.81
-27.48
-1.20
14.41
-41.48
37.62
KSA
Saudi Arabia
-2.10
-3.09
3.90
6.61
3.59
9.23
-
 13.98 18.41 19.07 - 0.47 0.20 0.48 - -27.10 -27.10 - 0.13 0.34 - 15.30 13.01 -
-1.55
15.06
-6.07
33.56
2.63
9.30
13.07
6.15
EWN
Netherlands
-2.36
-10.28
-9.98
10.06
-0.78
8.49
8.20
 14.90 24.35 23.47 19.22 0.67 -0.03 0.36 0.43 -38.33 -41.29 -41.29 -0.02 0.21 0.20 16.92 16.03 12.38
3.25
22.10
-24.41
22.74
23.22
32.46
-15.36
33.75
EPU
Peru
-2.16
4.82
-0.41
45.60
19.85
8.36
5.43
 19.83 24.17 27.56 24.86 2.30 0.82 0.30 0.22 -31.60 -37.71 -45.01 0.63 0.22 0.12 13.90 16.53 19.20
27.03
25.35
2.13
-11.83
-4.31
7.31
-12.16
29.69
EWI
Italy
-4.42
-6.46
-4.14
14.27
9.20
8.05
5.34
 14.64 22.55 25.19 22.18 0.97 0.41 0.32 0.24 -32.46 -32.87 -33.30 0.28 0.24 0.16 11.42 12.05 14.08
9.70
30.66
-14.10
14.41
1.67
26.97
-17.20
28.73
GREK
Greece
-1.97
-7.14
-5.25
6.39
16.49
7.45
-0.51
 14.00 22.21 29.03 30.14 0.46 0.74 0.26 -0.02 -24.97 -43.83 -61.25 0.66 0.17 -0.01 8.33 16.79 39.29
5.29
42.73
0.98
6.16
-14.48
50.20
-31.24
34.79
EIRL
Ireland
-4.07
-13.16
-13.06
7.23
6.09
7.27
7.01
 19.00 24.02 25.49 20.72 0.38 0.25 0.29 0.34 -34.24 -39.15 -39.15 0.18 0.19 0.18 13.01 14.88 12.36
-0.10
35.12
-18.81
13.72
9.62
28.14
-21.91
29.82
EWD
Sweden
-3.16
-8.32
-6.32
11.75
-1.59
7.23
4.98
 20.22 25.64 24.52 20.22 0.58 -0.06 0.29 0.25 -39.48 -40.26 -40.26 -0.04 0.18 0.12 20.20 16.91 13.83
-0.48
25.10
-27.79
22.86
22.26
21.74
-12.76
21.88
UAE
United Arab Emirates
3.07
3.69
16.64
9.79
1.65
7.21
-
 9.21 16.23 20.45 - 1.06 0.10 0.35 - -23.62 -30.31 - 0.07 0.24 - 15.88 14.63 -
8.79
2.90
-5.31
44.10
-7.26
1.58
-14.42
4.98
EWA
Australia
4.26
2.16
9.29
22.44
7.66
7.19
5.76
 15.98 22.22 23.50 19.21 1.40 0.34 0.31 0.30 -23.37 -31.36 -31.36 0.33 0.23 0.18 9.11 9.91 9.45
10.68
13.86
-5.86
8.95
8.26
22.41
-12.02
19.93
EWL
Switzerland
-2.35
-8.82
0.07
8.31
1.29
6.44
6.05
 14.56 17.68 16.94 14.46 0.57 0.07 0.38 0.42 -27.53 -27.53 -27.53 0.05 0.23 0.22 12.15 9.89 8.91
1.91
17.70
-18.86
20.19
11.79
31.58
-9.19
23.36
EIS
Israel
8.69
10.72
21.20
38.80
1.17
6.24
5.96
 16.18 22.61 22.26 18.99 2.40 0.05 0.28 0.31 -38.63 -38.63 -38.63 0.03 0.16 0.15 21.15 17.10 13.32
28.72
5.46
-27.03
22.84
12.01
20.94
-4.83
12.79
EWP
Spain
-3.51
-3.42
-1.17
10.70
12.23
6.16
1.77
 16.80 20.55 24.54 21.30 0.64 0.60 0.25 0.08 -23.74 -32.46 -38.72 0.52 0.19 0.05 6.87 13.44 17.61
8.64
30.29
-5.16
0.27
-3.95
11.91
-15.32
26.99
EWQ
France
-4.38
-9.10
-11.08
-0.67
2.34
5.57
6.02
 14.33 21.10 22.72 18.82 -0.05 0.11 0.25 0.32 -29.04 -29.04 -29.04 0.08 0.19 0.21 10.14 10.65 9.04
-5.36
21.73
-11.99
21.47
2.85
26.67
-12.88
29.13
EWU
United Kingdom
0.70
-4.61
0.47
15.24
8.04
5.45
3.33
 10.33 16.05 18.67 16.06 1.48 0.50 0.29 0.21 -21.24 -29.97 -29.97 0.38 0.18 0.11 6.03 10.90 10.34
10.41
12.42
-4.38
18.22
-11.80
21.25
-14.28
21.59
EWW
Mexico
-3.18
-5.22
-21.90
-18.64
6.33
5.28
-0.39
 18.27 24.71 27.20 23.90 -1.02 0.26 0.19 -0.02 -26.87 -38.18 -51.08 0.24 0.14 -0.01 11.29 14.57 21.28
-25.30
40.36
1.26
20.31
-3.05
12.64
-14.59
14.50
EWJ
Japan
2.38
-3.17
1.79
13.70
3.49
5.00
5.81
 11.25 16.01 15.39 13.80 1.22 0.22 0.32 0.42 -26.33 -28.85 -28.85 0.13 0.17 0.20 11.07 10.84 9.42
9.46
20.32
-17.72
1.17
15.41
19.33
-14.10
24.27
EWG
Germany
-0.15
-1.10
3.11
16.37
3.56
4.90
3.65
 12.44 23.07 23.64 19.92 1.32 0.15 0.21 0.18 -37.92 -41.66 -41.66 0.09 0.12 0.09 15.01 15.50 14.77
11.34
23.36
-22.20
5.84
10.57
19.15
-21.37
27.45
EWO
Austria
-2.27
-9.40
-6.20
7.29
0.54
4.62
5.86
 13.45 22.92 27.02 22.94 0.54 0.02 0.17 0.26 -37.60 -37.60 -47.58 0.01 0.12 0.12 15.90 16.72 17.17
1.92
20.64
-21.92
31.54
-3.68
17.07
-22.87
52.50
QAT
Qatar
0.44
3.29
14.51
9.83
0.61
4.49
-
 13.05 15.72 15.78 - 0.75 0.04 0.28 - -27.26 -27.26 - 0.02 0.16 - 16.64 13.51 -
5.17
2.71
-7.23
14.42
6.85
-0.33
20.06
-11.57
EZA
South Africa
-3.87
1.04
18.75
20.66
5.07
4.35
0.54
 16.40 25.70 27.65 25.33 1.26 0.20 0.16 0.02 -33.64 -42.14 -53.99 0.15 0.10 0.01 20.08 19.50 22.79
15.34
1.50
-5.13
7.92
-5.19
9.62
-25.23
36.04
NORW
Norway
0.80
-2.92
-4.78
9.53
-1.37
3.66
2.59
 15.75 22.15 26.39 21.99 0.61 -0.06 0.14 0.12 -30.06 -37.03 -43.74 -0.05 0.10 0.06 16.08 16.12 15.93
2.55
4.99
-14.12
18.11
1.22
12.52
-8.03
22.46
EPOL
Poland
-0.76
-10.09
-10.65
6.50
5.52
3.59
0.28
 15.32 31.94 33.28 27.78 0.42 0.17 0.11 0.01 -48.39 -52.77 -60.36 0.11 0.07 0.00 18.70 20.47 27.34
-0.67
50.79
-24.62
12.22
-8.37
-6.14
-13.78
52.43
EWS
Singapore
6.41
10.18
18.34
32.67
5.73
3.38
2.51
 13.20 16.63 19.19 18.12 2.48 0.34 0.18 0.14 -19.06 -28.13 -32.07 0.30 0.12 0.08 8.55 13.72 14.82
23.78
6.22
-9.79
5.56
-8.49
14.53
-11.33
34.82
EWK
Belgium
-3.48
-5.11
0.34
7.75
0.25
2.28
3.93
 12.95 17.96 20.80 17.52 0.60 0.01 0.11 0.22 -30.64 -32.34 -32.96 0.01 0.07 0.12 12.50 13.17 12.55
3.59
7.47
-13.93
12.87
0.00
25.92
-20.39
23.71
EWY
South Korea
-4.14
-12.32
-7.64
-6.52
-7.00
1.41
1.90
 18.83 26.55 25.73 22.53 -0.35 -0.26 0.05 0.08 -39.18 -48.08 -48.08 -0.18 0.03 0.04 19.33 24.35 21.17
-12.36
19.06
-26.60
-7.56
39.44
7.95
-20.38
45.00
EWM
Malaysia
-0.12
-5.05
8.86
19.79
3.49
1.29
-1.72
 14.66 16.42 16.77 16.07 1.35 0.21 0.08 -0.11 -20.55 -23.78 -35.13 0.17 0.05 -0.05 11.20 12.35 21.55
17.67
-3.60
-5.98
-7.41
3.17
-1.42
-6.27
24.32
ECH
Chile
-0.90
-4.91
-7.91
-2.64
5.68
0.79
-1.92
 16.22 28.11 29.36 26.12 -0.16 0.20 0.03 -0.07 -21.77 -34.95 -59.61 0.26 0.02 -0.03 10.78 16.70 33.46
-7.84
8.98
25.17
-20.02
-7.11
-17.79
-18.96
41.82
ENZL
New Zealand
3.39
-0.89
5.43
7.97
-3.73
-0.35
5.37
 13.41 20.66 21.23 18.99 0.59 -0.18 -0.02 0.28 -29.24 -37.29 -37.29 -0.13 -0.01 0.14 17.09 20.97 15.49
1.41
3.00
-16.17
-11.38
20.04
30.10
0.35
24.05
EIDO
Indonesia
-7.32
-8.64
4.14
-4.63
-2.16
-1.39
-1.25
 16.69 14.91 24.14 21.64 -0.28 -0.14 -0.06 -0.06 -17.85 -42.60 -48.60 -0.12 -0.03 -0.03 8.18 14.75 18.27
-7.80
2.58
-0.15
-0.60
-7.14
5.30
-10.89
19.39
EWH
Hong Kong
-2.41
7.79
6.56
8.68
-6.06
-2.90
0.90
 22.94 24.72 22.74 19.90 0.38 -0.25 -0.13 0.05 -31.06 -40.35 -40.35 -0.20 -0.07 0.02 18.78 23.01 17.90
2.57
-13.81
-6.82
-3.48
4.19
10.71
-8.73
36.50
EWZ
Brazil
-8.14
-14.56
-10.94
-19.74
5.39
-3.44
-0.36
 16.31 27.21 34.32 33.47 -1.21 0.20 -0.10 -0.01 -24.59 -50.35 -50.60 0.22 -0.07 -0.01 12.96 25.17 23.47
-24.59
32.69
12.35
-17.27
-20.33
27.65
-2.57
23.65
FXI
China
-3.96
14.55
14.18
23.96
-5.20
-3.63
-0.52
 24.48 33.93 28.70 24.82 0.98 -0.15 -0.13 -0.02 -44.53 -56.74 -56.74 -0.12 -0.06 -0.01 24.44 31.82 27.33
26.54
-12.35
-20.67
-20.05
8.93
14.87
-13.26
36.22
THD
Thailand
-4.21
3.02
12.46
7.30
-1.67
-3.64
-0.07
 19.42 18.88 23.34 19.57 0.38 -0.09 -0.16 0.00 -28.45 -34.39 -39.98 -0.06 -0.11 0.00 15.72 17.01 18.24
1.35
-12.62
1.22
1.85
-9.87
8.33
-8.21
31.48
GXG
Colombia
4.32
0.67
-9.07
17.60
-0.42
-3.95
-5.61
 16.86 26.10 31.22 28.34 1.04 -0.02 -0.13 -0.20 -41.89 -47.37 -59.45 -0.01 -0.08 -0.09 27.06 32.37 40.00
5.10
24.94
-25.06
-11.48
-16.32
30.40
-19.90
11.88
EPHE
Philippines
-6.21
-6.86
6.35
4.83
-5.33
-4.09
-2.99
 17.81 21.52 22.65 19.36 0.27 -0.25 -0.18 -0.15 -32.20 -33.68 -43.71 -0.17 -0.12 -0.07 17.87 18.55 23.83
0.25
1.26
-15.86
-2.22
-3.94
8.50
-17.50
20.20
VNM
Vietnam
-1.26
-6.29
-6.74
-5.38
-15.38
-4.43
-3.61
 17.52 26.35 27.17 22.89 -0.31 -0.58 -0.16 -0.16 -46.50 -46.50 -46.50 -0.33 -0.10 -0.08 34.48 27.73 25.08
-8.98
15.06
-43.75
22.05
9.84
9.13
-16.83
38.55
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