World Country Index Returns

Returns as of 31 August 2025
Currency: USD

The best performing in the last 5 Years is Greece, that granted a +28.35% annualized return.

The worst is New Zealand, with a -3.69% annualized return in the last 5 Years.

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Metrics as of 31 August 2025

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WORLD COUNTRIES - USD CURRENCY
Return - Risk - Drawdown
Last Update as of 31 August 2025
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Aug 2025. Inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 2.97% , 3Y: 3.09% , 5Y: 4.51% , 10Y: 3.11%
Returns over 1 year are annualized. Last update: 31 August 2025.
Risk is represented as the annualized Standard Deviation of monthly returns.
High values of Standard Deviation mean high fluctuations in prices.
Last update: 31 August 2025.
The maximum Drawdown is calculated considering the end of month prices.
Low Risk Assets usually grant less severe drawdowns.
Last update: 31 August 2025.
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Aug 2025. 2025: 1.81%, 2024: 2.90%, 2023: 3.32%, 2022: 6.41%
Last update: 31 August 2025.
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Return (%) - Aug 31, 2025
St.Dev. (%)
Ann. Return / St.Dev.
Max Drawdown (%)
Return / Drawdown
Ulcer Index
YTD(%)
Yearly Returns (%)
Ticker Asset 1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y 5Y â–ľ 10Y 1Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 1Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 3Y 5Y 10Y 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
GREK
Greece
4.26
16.44
50.41
59.50
43.22
28.35
11.18
 17.14 21.50 25.04 27.02 3.47 2.01 1.13 0.41 -14.95 -25.28 -47.13 2.89 1.12 0.24 4.73 7.26 19.66
65.10
9.54
42.69
0.98
6.16
-14.48
50.20
-31.24
ARGT
Argentina
-3.10
-11.10
-3.10
24.44
40.49
27.02
17.26
 20.68 29.29 30.38 32.15 1.18 1.38 0.89 0.54 -18.99 -30.81 -55.87 2.13 0.88 0.31 5.30 9.24 19.00
-2.97
63.46
53.64
10.36
3.83
14.57
14.50
-32.63
EWO
Austria
4.80
9.34
32.70
39.97
28.41
20.19
10.92
 15.09 19.77 23.57 22.68 2.65 1.44 0.86 0.48 -10.91 -37.60 -47.58 2.60 0.54 0.23 4.06 12.52 17.00
51.31
4.06
20.63
-21.92
31.54
-3.68
17.07
-22.87
EWP
Spain
6.69
11.46
33.73
46.01
34.12
19.32
7.58
 14.90 19.58 22.58 21.37 3.09 1.74 0.86 0.35 -9.76 -32.46 -38.72 3.49 0.60 0.20 3.64 10.05 15.59
55.39
5.70
30.26
-5.16
0.27
-3.95
11.91
-15.32
EWI
Italy
5.80
8.75
27.33
35.75
34.95
18.71
9.13
 12.88 19.37 22.55 22.13 2.77 1.80 0.83 0.41 -10.75 -32.87 -33.30 3.25 0.57 0.27 3.48 9.33 13.30
44.43
10.23
30.64
-14.10
14.41
1.67
26.97
-17.20
EWW
Mexico
2.99
4.80
24.82
22.66
15.66
16.91
4.24
 14.74 22.21 22.83 23.89 1.54 0.70 0.74 0.18 -29.73 -29.73 -46.59 0.53 0.57 0.09 13.40 11.56 16.67
34.68
-28.22
40.32
1.26
20.31
-3.05
12.64
-14.59
UAE
United Arab Emirates
-3.29
7.96
14.89
33.81
9.82
16.68
4.53
 10.94 14.94 16.85 17.81 3.09 0.66 0.99 0.25 -13.05 -23.62 -42.37 0.75 0.71 0.11 6.32 12.40 15.12
21.80
15.26
2.90
-5.31
44.10
-7.26
1.58
-14.42
EPU
Peru
10.59
17.53
33.90
39.00
34.28
16.06
12.35
 14.07 20.02 23.79 24.31 2.77 1.71 0.67 0.51 -14.77 -31.60 -45.01 2.32 0.51 0.27 4.36 13.79 17.08
38.39
21.72
25.34
2.13
-11.83
-4.31
7.31
-12.16
TUR
Turkey
4.25
19.48
4.53
-2.93
19.44
15.41
1.99
 18.96 31.05 32.83 32.68 -0.15 0.63 0.47 0.06 -28.35 -30.79 -58.39 0.69 0.50 0.03 13.17 14.93 32.45
-0.08
12.91
-8.67
105.81
-27.48
-1.20
14.41
-41.48
EPOL
Poland
-0.16
6.20
27.59
36.23
41.66
15.12
6.49
 20.61 27.92 31.67 27.99 1.76 1.49 0.48 0.23 -18.87 -52.77 -60.36 2.21 0.29 0.11 5.65 18.26 25.51
54.55
-2.62
50.70
-24.62
12.22
-8.37
-6.14
-13.78
VTI
United States
2.35
10.10
9.33
15.78
18.78
14.07
13.94
 12.76 15.06 16.18 15.73 1.24 1.25 0.87 0.89 -9.22 -24.81 -24.81 2.04 0.57 0.56 3.41 8.64 6.94
10.51
23.81
26.05
-19.51
25.67
21.03
30.67
-5.21
EWT
Taiwan
0.79
12.29
15.76
12.89
17.11
13.96
13.76
 15.38 22.29 20.56 18.91 0.84 0.77 0.68 0.73 -17.06 -37.46 -37.46 1.00 0.37 0.37 5.03 13.45 10.52
13.64
12.45
29.00
-28.84
28.94
31.50
33.33
-9.92
EZA
South Africa
8.71
11.77
31.43
30.71
17.84
13.75
4.70
 16.75 23.80 23.01 25.37 1.83 0.75 0.60 0.19 -18.00 -33.64 -53.99 0.99 0.41 0.09 8.11 16.20 21.12
39.24
7.16
1.49
-5.13
7.92
-5.19
9.62
-25.23
EWC
Canada
5.65
9.25
19.13
22.93
15.70
13.57
9.56
 12.16 16.50 17.45 17.41 1.89 0.95 0.78 0.55 -12.03 -22.93 -26.90 1.31 0.59 0.36 3.80 8.05 7.60
21.88
12.38
14.73
-12.95
27.00
5.52
27.56
-17.16
EWU
United Kingdom
4.14
5.98
14.22
15.09
17.25
13.49
6.04
 10.32 14.54 15.75 15.65 1.46 1.19 0.86 0.39 -9.34 -21.24 -29.97 1.85 0.63 0.20 3.25 5.03 9.05
24.81
6.74
12.40
-4.38
18.22
-11.80
21.25
-14.28
EWS
Singapore
6.16
11.15
23.05
42.31
21.12
13.12
7.34
 10.63 15.55 16.37 17.60 3.98 1.36 0.80 0.42 -12.66 -24.34 -32.07 1.67 0.54 0.23 4.71 10.52 12.47
30.94
22.10
6.17
-9.79
5.56
-8.49
14.53
-11.33
EIS
Israel
3.22
12.48
20.59
43.17
14.22
12.32
8.09
 17.72 22.74 20.88 19.33 2.44 0.63 0.59 0.42 -28.60 -38.63 -38.63 0.50 0.32 0.21 11.14 16.56 12.61
23.75
34.50
5.46
-27.03
22.84
12.01
20.94
-4.83
EIRL
Ireland
2.64
4.39
13.32
-0.10
18.90
11.27
6.78
 13.79 20.72 22.26 20.42 -0.01 0.91 0.51 0.33 -14.54 -39.15 -39.15 1.30 0.29 0.17 6.71 13.59 12.62
16.83
-1.63
35.12
-18.81
13.72
9.62
28.14
-21.91
EWQ
France
1.55
2.52
10.17
10.05
16.08
11.24
8.33
 12.35 18.55 20.35 18.57 0.81 0.87 0.55 0.45 -12.01 -29.04 -29.04 1.34 0.39 0.29 4.74 8.20 8.68
21.41
-5.63
21.72
-11.99
21.47
2.85
26.67
-12.88
INDA
India
-1.25
-4.29
8.07
-9.29
6.83
10.88
7.66
 13.91 12.98 14.15 17.64 -0.67 0.53 0.77 0.43 -17.23 -17.23 -34.00 0.40 0.63 0.23 6.49 6.58 8.33
-1.25
8.63
17.16
-8.94
21.41
14.83
6.49
-6.69
EWN
Netherlands
3.39
1.63
13.87
6.67
17.91
10.29
10.12
 15.72 21.45 21.88 19.23 0.42 0.83 0.47 0.53 -16.18 -41.29 -41.29 1.11 0.25 0.24 5.89 15.69 12.18
20.73
1.67
22.09
-24.41
22.74
23.22
32.46
-15.36
ECH
Chile
9.99
6.41
17.11
26.14
10.05
9.82
2.49
 16.41 20.70 25.85 26.17 1.59 0.49 0.38 0.10 -21.77 -29.46 -59.61 0.46 0.33 0.04 10.05 13.58 34.13
33.86
-8.67
8.97
25.17
-20.02
-7.11
-17.79
-18.96
EWG
Germany
1.77
1.44
18.04
30.48
27.09
9.79
7.33
 13.17 19.98 21.35 20.01 2.32 1.36 0.46 0.37 -14.12 -41.66 -41.66 1.92 0.23 0.18 3.98 14.74 14.21
33.80
9.79
23.36
-22.20
5.84
10.57
19.15
-21.37
EWA
Australia
4.07
6.53
14.61
8.07
11.26
9.69
8.30
 15.64 19.80 20.37 18.93 0.52 0.57 0.48 0.44 -15.00 -23.37 -31.36 0.75 0.41 0.26 6.64 7.88 7.86
15.23
1.60
13.83
-5.86
8.95
8.26
22.41
-12.02
GXG
Colombia
9.95
13.76
20.95
38.62
16.99
9.49
2.45
 16.94 22.11 26.44 27.22 2.28 0.77 0.36 0.09 -16.03 -41.89 -49.79 1.06 0.23 0.05 8.23 22.14 26.37
44.34
4.68
24.92
-25.06
-11.48
-16.32
30.40
-19.90
NORW
Norway
4.39
6.53
21.88
19.50
7.69
8.94
6.41
 14.53 21.15 22.48 21.59 1.34 0.36 0.40 0.30 -19.66 -30.84 -43.74 0.39 0.29 0.15 7.10 13.79 14.45
29.47
-2.50
4.97
-14.12
18.11
1.22
12.52
-8.03
EWD
Sweden
5.77
4.39
9.98
12.51
18.19
8.77
7.77
 17.23 21.20 23.00 20.36 0.73 0.86 0.38 0.38 -15.45 -40.26 -40.26 1.18 0.22 0.19 5.65 16.59 13.10
27.09
-3.91
25.07
-27.79
22.86
22.26
21.74
-12.76
EWK
Belgium
5.91
6.73
21.10
17.34
15.66
8.47
5.76
 12.71 16.76 18.83 17.56 1.36 0.93 0.45 0.33 -11.69 -32.34 -32.96 1.34 0.26 0.17 4.84 11.45 12.61
27.86
0.19
7.45
-13.93
12.87
0.00
25.92
-20.39
EWJ
Japan
6.33
6.47
15.25
11.36
15.53
8.06
6.73
 10.29 13.99 14.23 13.64 1.10 1.11 0.57 0.49 -8.84 -28.85 -28.85 1.76 0.28 0.23 3.27 10.35 9.10
17.61
7.03
20.32
-17.72
1.17
15.41
19.33
-14.10
EWL
Switzerland
4.95
2.16
8.98
6.67
13.16
7.95
7.93
 13.98 16.40 16.77 14.40 0.48 0.80 0.47 0.55 -13.04 -27.53 -27.53 1.01 0.29 0.29 4.58 9.78 7.88
22.66
-2.81
17.70
-18.86
20.19
11.79
31.58
-9.19
KSA
Saudi Arabia
-0.53
-0.84
-7.59
-8.56
-2.78
7.70
-
 8.23 14.90 17.27 - -1.04 -0.19 0.45 - -17.30 -27.10 - -0.16 0.28 - 7.84 13.34 -
-6.93
-0.19
15.04
-6.07
33.56
2.63
9.30
13.07
EWZ
Brazil
11.11
10.44
24.64
5.26
6.71
7.48
6.85
 25.69 23.97 28.65 32.65 0.20 0.28 0.26 0.21 -30.41 -30.41 -50.35 0.22 0.25 0.14 13.20 14.79 20.10
33.50
-30.41
32.60
12.35
-17.27
-20.33
27.65
-2.57
EDEN
Denmark
5.47
-3.60
0.36
-14.29
10.18
6.98
9.00
 17.89 19.37 19.38 17.24 -0.80 0.53 0.36 0.52 -19.94 -34.38 -34.38 0.51 0.20 0.26 9.00 11.71 9.54
4.55
-3.94
17.99
-11.44
14.80
42.55
24.37
-14.42
QAT
Qatar
1.76
9.27
13.83
18.07
0.24
6.69
2.95
 7.71 14.08 13.69 16.74 2.34 0.02 0.49 0.18 -24.94 -27.26 -31.62 0.01 0.25 0.09 15.06 13.73 13.26
14.27
5.20
2.71
-7.23
14.42
6.85
-0.33
20.06
VNM
Vietnam
14.24
34.58
51.91
45.74
8.27
5.96
2.78
 24.32 28.55 24.99 23.24 1.88 0.29 0.24 0.12 -25.88 -46.50 -46.50 0.32 0.13 0.06 14.95 29.94 24.75
59.32
-11.15
15.02
-43.75
22.05
9.84
9.13
-16.83
EWY
South Korea
-0.78
19.15
32.14
12.93
9.87
4.62
6.21
 24.26 27.40 25.55 23.18 0.53 0.36 0.18 0.27 -22.36 -48.08 -48.08 0.44 0.10 0.13 9.57 26.66 22.16
41.95
-20.48
19.05
-26.60
-7.56
39.44
7.95
-20.38
EWM
Malaysia
5.87
6.02
7.32
-0.18
7.20
2.42
2.03
 14.57 16.07 15.66 15.16 -0.01 0.45 0.15 0.13 -14.33 -23.78 -33.72 0.50 0.10 0.06 8.00 12.12 18.12
3.55
19.46
-3.61
-5.98
-7.41
3.17
-1.42
-6.27
EWH
Hong Kong
2.22
14.14
22.90
36.37
5.19
1.95
4.29
 18.91 25.21 21.51 19.53 1.92 0.21 0.09 0.22 -26.52 -40.35 -40.35 0.20 0.05 0.11 16.21 24.52 18.46
29.76
0.01
-13.86
-6.82
-3.48
4.19
10.71
-8.73
EPHE
Philippines
2.87
-2.86
10.26
-3.16
1.97
1.40
-1.70
 16.85 20.84 20.24 19.37 -0.19 0.09 0.07 -0.09 -19.26 -32.20 -41.45 0.10 0.04 -0.04 9.00 15.89 22.32
5.72
-1.41
1.26
-15.86
-2.22
-3.94
8.50
-17.50
EIDO
Indonesia
2.32
-3.91
13.68
-15.37
-5.88
0.90
1.05
 20.42 17.07 19.17 21.57 -0.75 -0.34 0.05 0.05 -30.29 -30.29 -48.60 -0.19 0.03 0.02 13.64 11.57 18.64
-1.83
-13.01
2.57
-0.15
-0.60
-7.14
5.30
-10.89
FXI
China
3.93
12.74
12.00
51.36
11.88
-0.08
3.37
 22.31 33.13 28.51 23.98 2.30 0.36 0.00 0.14 -30.65 -56.74 -56.74 0.39 0.00 0.06 13.72 32.84 25.31
29.63
28.98
-12.42
-20.67
-20.05
8.93
14.87
-13.26
THD
Thailand
1.47
9.70
10.21
-3.67
-3.51
-0.62
1.55
 21.98 20.07 21.02 19.84 -0.17 -0.18 -0.03 0.08 -31.08 -31.08 -39.98 -0.11 -0.02 0.04 19.67 16.13 19.37
-3.10
-2.21
-12.63
1.22
1.85
-9.87
8.33
-8.21
ENZL
New Zealand
-0.42
2.04
6.91
-6.79
0.89
-3.69
6.45
 11.63 18.30 18.87 18.70 -0.58 0.05 -0.20 0.34 -19.32 -37.29 -37.29 0.05 -0.10 0.17 9.01 23.37 17.01
0.26
-4.87
2.97
-16.17
-11.38
20.04
30.10
0.35
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