World Country Index Returns

Returns as of 31 October 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 +28.50% annualized return.

The worst is Colombia, with a -5.95% 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 31 October 2024

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

WORLD COUNTRIES - USD CURRENCY
Return - Risk - Drawdown
Last Update as of 31 October 2024
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Oct 2024. Inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 2.58% , 3Y: 4.50% , 5Y: 4.17% , 10Y: 2.88%
Returns over 1 year are annualized. Last update: 31 October 2024.
Risk is represented as the annualized Standard Deviation of monthly returns.
High values of Standard Deviation mean high fluctuations in prices.
Last update: 31 October 2024.
The maximum Drawdown is calculated considering the end of month prices.
Low Risk Assets usually grant less severe drawdowns.
Last update: 31 October 2024.
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Oct 2024. 2024: 2.17%, 2023: 3.32%, 2022: 6.41%, 2021: 7.18%
Last update: 31 October 2024.
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USD
Return (%) - Oct 31, 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
9.97
27.38
27.45
92.30
32.38
28.50
14.25
 34.00 33.04 34.88 32.25 2.71 0.98 0.82 0.44 -29.29 -38.17 -55.87 1.11 0.75 0.26 9.31 11.57 19.53
42.55
53.66
10.36
3.83
14.57
14.50
-32.63
53.87
EDEN
Denmark
-5.94
-6.74
1.39
23.99
3.13
15.12
10.91
 14.63 20.37 19.69 16.75 1.64 0.15 0.77 0.65 -33.82 -34.38 -34.38 0.09 0.44 0.32 11.99 9.98 8.45
7.56
17.99
-11.44
14.80
42.55
24.37
-14.42
35.40
EWT
Taiwan
0.65
2.03
14.97
40.22
5.50
14.77
10.88
 15.68 23.09 22.10 18.93 2.56 0.24 0.67 0.57 -37.46 -37.46 -37.46 0.15 0.39 0.29 17.07 13.77 11.76
17.79
29.20
-28.84
28.94
31.50
33.33
-9.92
26.85
VTI
United States
-0.75
3.42
13.79
37.87
7.48
14.53
12.39
 11.34 17.23 18.38 15.56 3.34 0.43 0.79 0.80 -24.81 -24.81 -24.81 0.30 0.59 0.50 10.83 9.10 6.95
19.67
26.05
-19.51
25.67
21.03
30.67
-5.21
21.21
INDA
India
-6.34
-4.53
4.72
26.78
6.17
11.15
6.88
 11.04 13.11 19.09 18.08 2.42 0.47 0.58 0.38 -15.45 -31.41 -34.00 0.40 0.35 0.20 6.58 8.21 10.07
12.31
17.16
-8.94
21.41
14.83
6.49
-6.69
36.08
KSA
Saudi Arabia
-1.78
-0.38
-1.05
13.81
1.13
10.10
-
 14.13 19.12 19.02 - 0.98 0.06 0.53 - -27.10 -27.10 - 0.04 0.37 - 15.21 12.88 -
0.56
15.06
-6.07
33.56
2.63
9.30
13.07
6.15
EWC
Canada
-2.14
4.39
11.08
30.95
3.52
9.51
5.36
 13.37 18.09 20.42 17.77 2.32 0.19 0.47 0.30 -22.93 -26.90 -27.68 0.15 0.35 0.19 10.11 9.56 10.11
11.81
14.75
-12.95
27.00
5.52
27.56
-17.16
15.74
EWN
Netherlands
-8.24
-5.58
-1.21
26.95
-1.90
9.43
8.97
 18.18 24.53 23.43 19.24 1.48 -0.08 0.40 0.47 -40.33 -41.29 -41.29 -0.05 0.23 0.22 18.81 15.97 12.34
5.74
22.10
-24.41
22.74
23.22
32.46
-15.36
33.75
TUR
Turkey
-7.86
-19.77
-15.58
0.42
20.08
9.41
-1.94
 24.20 34.40 35.06 32.77 0.02 0.58 0.27 -0.06 -20.90 -35.64 -64.14 0.96 0.26 -0.03 9.56 17.02 40.12
5.13
-8.66
105.81
-27.48
-1.20
14.41
-41.48
37.62
EIRL
Ireland
-8.34
-9.52
-4.37
23.13
3.29
9.08
8.08
 20.24 24.87 25.43 20.73 1.14 0.13 0.36 0.39 -36.56 -39.15 -39.15 0.09 0.23 0.21 14.53 14.78 12.30
4.14
35.12
-18.81
13.72
9.62
28.14
-21.91
29.82
EWI
Italy
-2.41
2.37
6.54
31.86
8.58
9.04
5.80
 15.73 22.70 25.07 22.13 2.03 0.38 0.36 0.26 -32.87 -32.87 -33.30 0.26 0.28 0.17 11.66 12.02 14.06
14.77
30.66
-14.10
14.41
1.67
26.97
-17.20
28.73
EPU
Peru
0.93
5.98
9.29
57.94
18.85
8.20
5.74
 19.11 24.35 27.58 24.84 3.03 0.77 0.30 0.23 -31.60 -37.71 -45.01 0.60 0.22 0.13 13.91 16.53 19.20
29.83
25.35
2.13
-11.83
-4.31
7.31
-12.16
29.69
EWD
Sweden
-8.04
-1.43
5.65
32.08
-2.54
8.06
5.51
 23.31 25.80 24.45 20.18 1.38 -0.10 0.33 0.27 -39.64 -40.26 -40.26 -0.06 0.20 0.14 20.31 16.85 13.79
2.76
25.10
-27.79
22.86
22.26
21.74
-12.76
21.88
GREK
Greece
-8.15
-7.62
-1.55
20.59
14.26
8.01
0.14
 16.90 22.71 29.00 30.16 1.22 0.63 0.28 0.00 -24.97 -43.83 -61.25 0.57 0.18 0.00 8.28 16.75 39.28
7.40
42.73
0.98
6.16
-14.48
50.20
-31.24
34.79
EWL
Switzerland
-5.28
-2.12
11.06
20.17
1.79
7.12
6.57
 15.82 17.63 16.89 14.44 1.27 0.10 0.42 0.46 -27.53 -27.53 -27.53 0.07 0.26 0.24 12.07 9.82 8.87
4.36
17.70
-18.86
20.19
11.79
31.58
-9.19
23.36
EWQ
France
-6.16
-1.56
-3.15
13.29
2.53
6.81
6.81
 15.89 21.06 22.61 18.76 0.84 0.12 0.30 0.36 -29.04 -29.04 -29.04 0.09 0.23 0.23 10.00 10.55 8.98
-1.03
21.73
-11.99
21.47
2.85
26.67
-12.88
29.13
EWP
Spain
-3.88
4.56
10.21
30.84
9.56
6.75
2.35
 20.19 21.40 24.48 21.27 1.53 0.45 0.28 0.11 -27.60 -32.46 -38.72 0.35 0.21 0.06 8.97 13.40 17.60
12.59
30.29
-5.16
0.27
-3.95
11.91
-15.32
26.99
EWA
Australia
-6.49
1.32
10.71
27.12
3.43
6.58
4.55
 17.01 22.63 23.45 19.33 1.59 0.15 0.28 0.24 -23.37 -31.36 -31.36 0.15 0.21 0.15 9.30 9.91 10.38
6.16
13.86
-5.86
8.95
8.26
22.41
-12.02
19.93
UAE
United Arab Emirates
-0.66
3.36
9.45
14.39
4.51
5.90
-
 11.02 17.50 20.49 - 1.31 0.26 0.29 - -23.62 -32.45 - 0.19 0.18 - 15.79 15.16 -
5.55
2.90
-5.31
44.10
-7.26
1.58
-14.42
4.98
EWW
Mexico
-3.33
-8.14
-20.05
-3.02
5.18
5.58
-0.53
 24.30 24.94 27.16 23.93 -0.12 0.21 0.21 -0.02 -24.47 -38.18 -53.31 0.21 0.15 -0.01 10.44 14.16 23.88
-22.84
40.36
1.26
20.31
-3.05
12.64
-14.59
14.50
EWU
United Kingdom
-4.97
-1.96
4.43
21.52
6.01
5.56
3.27
 11.34 16.37 18.67 16.06 1.90 0.37 0.30 0.20 -21.24 -29.97 -29.97 0.28 0.19 0.11 6.04 10.89 10.34
9.64
12.42
-4.38
18.22
-11.80
21.25
-14.28
21.59
EIS
Israel
1.20
9.98
16.74
48.48
-1.88
5.55
4.99
 20.07 22.08 22.06 18.82 2.42 -0.09 0.25 0.27 -38.63 -38.63 -38.63 -0.05 0.14 0.13 21.15 17.10 13.32
18.43
5.46
-27.03
22.84
12.01
20.94
-4.83
12.79
EWG
Germany
-4.49
3.89
8.70
31.50
1.57
5.22
4.25
 16.45 23.35 23.64 19.99 1.91 0.07 0.22 0.21 -39.22 -41.66 -41.66 0.04 0.13 0.10 16.22 15.49 14.77
11.52
23.36
-22.20
5.84
10.57
19.15
-21.37
27.45
EZA
South Africa
-2.06
8.46
24.98
35.76
4.82
5.15
0.89
 16.37 25.74 27.58 25.29 2.18 0.19 0.19 0.04 -33.64 -42.14 -53.99 0.14 0.12 0.02 20.06 19.47 22.78
19.99
1.50
-5.13
7.92
-5.19
9.62
-25.23
36.04
EWO
Austria
-5.43
-4.43
2.90
19.93
-0.11
4.89
6.25
 15.33 23.01 26.99 22.92 1.30 0.00 0.18 0.27 -37.60 -37.60 -47.58 0.00 0.13 0.13 15.84 16.68 17.15
4.28
20.64
-21.92
31.54
-3.68
17.07
-22.87
52.50
EWJ
Japan
-4.85
-4.09
1.94
17.94
1.63
4.77
5.17
 12.23 16.08 15.37 13.85 1.47 0.10 0.31 0.37 -26.93 -28.85 -28.85 0.06 0.17 0.18 11.55 10.83 9.44
6.91
20.32
-17.72
1.17
15.41
19.33
-14.10
24.27
QAT
Qatar
-2.21
4.20
9.92
16.89
-0.16
4.31
-
 14.26 15.76 15.78 - 1.18 -0.01 0.27 - -27.26 -27.26 - -0.01 0.16 - 16.47 13.38 -
4.70
2.71
-7.23
14.42
6.85
-0.33
20.06
-11.57
NORW
Norway
-2.60
-2.45
5.98
12.89
-4.66
3.52
1.63
 16.02 22.74 26.39 22.15 0.80 -0.21 0.13 0.07 -30.84 -37.03 -43.74 -0.15 0.09 0.04 16.90 16.04 17.07
1.74
4.99
-14.12
18.11
1.22
12.52
-8.03
22.46
EWK
Belgium
-4.98
1.54
8.94
21.46
-0.36
3.41
4.68
 14.26 18.11 20.74 17.51 1.50 -0.02 0.16 0.27 -30.88 -32.34 -32.96 -0.01 0.11 0.14 12.69 13.13 12.53
7.32
7.47
-13.93
12.87
0.00
25.92
-20.39
23.71
EPOL
Poland
-8.17
-6.71
-3.77
17.48
1.33
2.87
0.17
 17.39 32.78 33.35 27.78 1.01 0.04 0.09 0.01 -52.77 -52.77 -60.36 0.03 0.05 0.00 22.87 20.70 27.60
0.09
50.79
-24.62
12.22
-8.37
-6.14
-13.78
52.43
EWY
South Korea
-6.33
-9.98
-4.98
11.87
-7.19
2.11
2.02
 23.24 26.59 25.65 22.51 0.51 -0.27 0.08 0.09 -39.18 -48.08 -48.08 -0.18 0.04 0.04 18.96 23.95 20.95
-8.58
19.06
-26.60
-7.56
39.44
7.95
-20.38
45.00
EWS
Singapore
-3.57
7.72
15.64
27.87
1.26
1.91
1.99
 12.54 16.75 19.01 18.02 2.22 0.07 0.10 0.11 -24.34 -28.13 -32.07 0.05 0.07 0.06 13.44 13.72 14.82
16.32
6.22
-9.79
5.56
-8.49
14.53
-11.33
34.82
EWM
Malaysia
-8.91
3.97
13.28
23.48
1.70
0.90
-2.22
 14.60 16.73 16.80 16.15 1.61 0.10 0.05 -0.14 -20.55 -23.78 -38.42 0.08 0.04 -0.06 11.15 12.30 25.21
17.81
-3.60
-5.98
-7.41
3.17
-1.42
-6.27
24.32
ENZL
New Zealand
-4.47
1.86
7.38
16.59
-7.45
0.24
5.08
 16.93 21.04 21.37 18.97 0.98 -0.35 0.01 0.27 -33.74 -37.29 -37.29 -0.22 0.01 0.14 21.87 20.77 15.35
-1.92
3.00
-16.17
-11.38
20.04
30.10
0.35
24.05
EIDO
Indonesia
-4.62
6.55
6.90
10.03
-0.51
-0.64
-0.51
 16.25 14.38 23.97 21.51 0.62 -0.04 -0.03 -0.02 -17.85 -42.60 -48.60 -0.03 -0.01 -0.01 7.87 14.64 18.16
-0.53
2.58
-0.15
-0.60
-7.14
5.30
-10.89
19.39
ECH
Chile
-6.23
-1.65
-1.75
8.99
7.10
-1.84
-2.06
 19.31 28.12 29.96 26.13 0.47 0.25 -0.06 -0.08 -21.77 -37.08 -59.61 0.33 -0.05 -0.03 10.47 17.36 33.30
-7.01
8.98
25.17
-20.02
-7.11
-17.79
-18.96
41.82
EWH
Hong Kong
-4.23
17.18
13.82
11.56
-6.93
-2.63
1.18
 22.70 24.84 22.72 19.88 0.51 -0.28 -0.12 0.06 -32.65 -40.35 -40.35 -0.21 -0.07 0.03 20.08 22.68 17.69
5.10
-13.81
-6.82
-3.48
4.19
10.71
-8.73
36.50
EWZ
Brazil
-5.80
0.04
-7.52
-0.19
8.00
-2.74
0.16
 20.91 26.73 34.19 33.38 -0.01 0.30 -0.08 0.00 -24.11 -50.35 -52.19 0.33 -0.05 0.00 12.31 24.96 23.94
-17.92
32.69
12.35
-17.27
-20.33
27.65
-2.57
23.65
THD
Thailand
-4.45
15.94
17.55
14.13
-1.90
-2.92
0.37
 18.73 18.93 23.26 19.52 0.75 -0.10 -0.13 0.02 -28.45 -34.39 -39.98 -0.07 -0.09 0.01 15.51 16.86 18.10
5.81
-12.62
1.22
1.85
-9.87
8.33
-8.21
31.48
FXI
China
-0.69
22.90
24.21
27.25
-5.65
-2.95
0.05
 23.98 33.99 28.64 24.79 1.14 -0.17 -0.10 0.00 -47.22 -56.74 -56.74 -0.12 -0.05 0.00 27.56 31.52 27.16
31.75
-12.35
-20.67
-20.05
8.93
14.87
-13.26
36.22
EPHE
Philippines
-6.04
8.48
7.84
19.85
-2.98
-3.48
-2.28
 17.37 21.24 22.53 19.26 1.14 -0.14 -0.15 -0.12 -32.20 -35.06 -43.71 -0.09 -0.10 -0.05 17.62 19.88 23.66
6.89
1.26
-15.86
-2.22
-3.94
8.50
-17.50
20.20
VNM
Vietnam
-6.81
-1.33
-2.38
8.59
-14.40
-4.52
-3.92
 21.79 26.42 27.18 22.93 0.39 -0.55 -0.17 -0.17 -46.50 -46.50 -46.50 -0.31 -0.10 -0.08 33.81 27.28 25.65
-7.82
15.06
-43.75
22.05
9.84
9.13
-16.83
38.55
GXG
Colombia
-2.47
-7.32
-9.06
22.19
-4.60
-5.95
-7.65
 17.96 26.43 31.28 28.75 1.24 -0.17 -0.19 -0.27 -41.89 -47.37 -66.01 -0.11 -0.13 -0.12 26.94 32.19 48.96
0.75
24.94
-25.06
-11.48
-16.32
30.40
-19.90
11.88
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