World Country Index Returns

Returns as of 28 February 2026
Currency: USD

The best performing in the last 5 Years is Argentina, that granted a +26.74% annualized return.

The worst is China, with a -3.17% annualized return in the last 5 Years.

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Metrics as of 28 February 2026

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WORLD COUNTRIES - USD CURRENCY
Return - Risk - Drawdown
Last Update as of 28 February 2026
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Feb 2026. Inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 2.40% , 3Y: 2.80% , 5Y: 4.44% , 10Y: 3.27%
Returns over 1 year are annualized. Last update: 28 February 2026.
Risk is represented as the annualized Standard Deviation of monthly returns.
High values of Standard Deviation mean high fluctuations in prices.
Last update: 28 February 2026.
The maximum Drawdown is calculated considering the end of month prices.
Low Risk Assets usually grant less severe drawdowns.
Last update: 28 February 2026.
Highlighted values indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Feb 2026. 2026: 0.44%, 2025: 2.65%, 2024: 2.90%, 2023: 3.32%
Last update: 28 February 2026.
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Return (%) - Feb 28, 2026
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 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
ARGT
Argentina
-8.59
-2.93
12.85
9.35
32.98
26.74
18.28
40.59 35.08 33.26 33.08 0.23 0.94 0.80 0.55 -22.62 -30.81 -55.87 1.46 0.87 0.33 6.56 9.56 19.03
-1.81
11.51
63.46
53.64
10.36
3.83
14.57
14.50
GREK
Greece
-4.16
10.48
14.39
72.05
34.17
26.50
16.59
16.86 19.15 20.75 25.95 4.27 1.78 1.28 0.64 -14.95 -25.28 -47.13 2.29 1.05 0.35 4.56 6.98 17.14
7.24
76.11
9.54
42.69
0.98
6.16
-14.48
50.20
EPU
Peru
8.36
46.16
75.14
134.51
53.98
25.52
19.39
19.71 21.66 25.27 25.11 6.82 2.49 1.01 0.77 -14.77 -31.60 -45.01 3.65 0.81 0.43 4.15 13.74 16.97
29.70
86.88
21.72
25.34
2.13
-11.83
-4.31
7.31
EWP
Spain
1.69
12.34
21.64
62.67
31.92
19.88
12.23
6.88 16.35 18.96 20.89 9.11 1.95 1.05 0.59 -9.76 -32.46 -38.72 3.27 0.61 0.32 3.33 9.94 14.90
6.18
78.03
5.70
30.26
-5.16
0.27
-3.95
11.91
EPOL
Poland
1.44
15.68
24.33
58.63
40.35
19.43
11.10
12.29 22.27 28.33 27.77 4.77 1.81 0.69 0.40 -18.87 -52.77 -60.36 2.14 0.37 0.18 4.91 17.96 25.10
8.35
77.34
-2.62
50.70
-24.62
12.22
-8.37
-6.14
EWW
Mexico
7.75
20.57
33.18
66.24
15.73
18.40
8.04
14.51 19.80 21.86 24.12 4.56 0.79 0.84 0.33 -29.73 -29.73 -46.59 0.53 0.62 0.17 13.37 11.51 16.60
16.75
53.64
-28.22
40.32
1.26
20.31
-3.05
12.64
EWI
Italy
2.59
9.73
13.77
44.86
28.55
18.01
13.55
7.60 14.79 19.16 21.48 5.91 1.93 0.94 0.63 -10.75 -32.87 -33.30 2.66 0.55 0.41 3.27 9.18 11.60
5.52
55.72
10.23
30.64
-14.10
14.41
1.67
26.97
EWO
Austria
0.85
14.82
22.98
63.20
27.44
17.49
14.28
9.98 15.30 20.16 22.48 6.34 1.79 0.87 0.64 -9.40 -37.60 -47.58 2.92 0.47 0.30 3.62 12.45 16.94
6.82
74.20
4.06
20.63
-21.92
31.54
-3.68
17.07
EZA
South Africa
11.48
28.96
49.24
96.14
32.74
17.01
11.53
13.71 21.60 23.36 25.42 7.02 1.52 0.73 0.45 -16.17 -33.64 -53.99 2.03 0.51 0.21 7.26 16.20 20.88
18.60
75.20
7.16
1.49
-5.13
7.92
-5.19
9.62
UAE
United Arab Emirates
4.20
16.03
11.24
27.81
17.87
15.10
7.15
14.62 14.79 16.27 17.22 1.90 1.21 0.93 0.42 -10.21 -23.62 -42.37 1.75 0.64 0.17 3.71 12.46 14.61
11.66
21.34
15.26
2.90
-5.31
44.10
-7.26
1.58
EWC
Canada
6.86
11.00
19.89
42.83
21.89
14.83
12.71
8.50 13.41 16.25 17.19 5.04 1.63 0.91 0.74 -12.03 -22.93 -26.90 1.82 0.65 0.47 3.08 7.97 7.38
7.51
35.92
12.38
14.73
-12.95
27.00
5.52
27.56
EIS
Israel
-0.18
15.63
26.58
52.65
31.97
14.73
11.57
17.40 19.87 20.14 19.36 3.03 1.61 0.73 0.60 -18.43 -38.63 -38.63 1.74 0.38 0.30 4.01 16.51 12.53
7.95
45.11
34.50
5.46
-27.03
22.84
12.01
20.94
EWU
United Kingdom
5.46
14.99
19.68
36.71
19.40
14.33
9.24
6.09 11.02 13.94 15.39 6.03 1.76 1.03 0.60 -8.41 -21.24 -29.97 2.31 0.67 0.31 2.80 4.88 8.66
10.69
34.95
6.74
12.40
-4.38
18.22
-11.80
21.25
EWY
South Korea
23.66
70.32
114.24
183.10
40.60
13.83
14.65
35.39 30.95 30.23 26.34 5.17 1.31 0.46 0.56 -22.36 -48.08 -48.08 1.82 0.29 0.30 8.79 26.68 22.11
55.70
95.33
-20.48
19.05
-26.60
-7.56
39.44
7.95
EWT
Taiwan
11.18
22.69
34.56
55.77
28.16
13.80
17.29
18.61 16.36 20.82 19.23 3.00 1.72 0.66 0.90 -9.58 -37.46 -37.46 2.94 0.37 0.46 3.29 13.45 10.47
19.11
28.38
12.45
29.00
-28.84
28.94
31.50
33.33
VTI
United States
-0.53
1.02
7.06
17.05
20.95
12.69
15.05
10.41 11.84 15.21 15.37 1.64 1.77 0.83 0.98 -9.11 -24.81 -24.81 2.30 0.51 0.61 2.85 8.60 6.86
1.04
17.10
23.81
26.05
-19.51
25.67
21.03
30.67
GXG
Colombia
-7.25
9.67
27.77
54.54
36.51
12.58
6.15
20.68 20.84 24.51 27.34 2.64 1.75 0.51 0.23 -13.10 -41.89 -49.79 2.79 0.30 0.12 5.42 21.40 26.11
9.20
68.88
4.68
24.92
-25.06
-11.48
-16.32
30.40
EWZ
Brazil
4.56
19.27
35.89
69.37
19.74
12.57
12.21
21.24 23.83 26.69 32.70 3.27 0.83 0.47 0.37 -30.41 -30.41 -50.35 0.65 0.41 0.24 12.84 14.51 19.86
21.91
48.81
-30.41
32.60
12.35
-17.27
-20.33
27.65
TUR
Turkey
-1.50
22.53
16.32
21.58
7.72
12.15
3.75
23.98 25.99 30.75 33.02 0.90 0.30 0.40 0.11 -28.35 -30.79 -58.39 0.27 0.39 0.06 13.81 15.50 32.57
18.04
-1.54
12.91
-8.67
105.81
-27.48
-1.20
14.41
ECH
Chile
-3.85
15.31
33.05
55.82
19.54
11.28
5.99
17.29 19.64 25.55 26.43 3.23 0.99 0.44 0.23 -21.77 -29.46 -59.61 0.90 0.38 0.10 9.59 13.55 34.22
7.67
65.41
-8.67
8.97
25.17
-20.02
-7.11
-17.79
EWL
Switzerland
5.75
12.56
17.62
28.18
16.86
10.72
10.98
9.05 14.14 16.20 14.21 3.11 1.19 0.66 0.77 -13.04 -27.53 -27.53 1.29 0.39 0.40 4.28 9.73 7.68
8.54
32.92
-2.81
17.70
-18.86
20.19
11.79
31.58
EWQ
France
5.56
7.95
12.97
24.45
12.63
10.59
10.69
6.44 13.77 17.73 18.31 3.80 0.92 0.60 0.58 -12.01 -29.04 -29.04 1.05 0.36 0.37 4.46 8.10 8.44
6.40
28.90
-5.63
21.72
-11.99
21.47
2.85
26.67
EWS
Singapore
1.99
3.84
4.91
29.10
20.53
10.54
8.53
6.97 12.67 14.46 16.96 4.18 1.62 0.73 0.50 -12.66 -24.34 -32.07 1.62 0.43 0.27 4.26 10.50 12.35
4.58
31.35
22.10
6.17
-9.79
5.56
-8.49
14.53
EWN
Netherlands
0.85
12.08
23.01
40.07
18.94
9.94
13.18
15.25 16.61 21.41 19.31 2.63 1.14 0.46 0.68 -16.18 -41.29 -41.29 1.17 0.24 0.32 5.51 15.68 12.13
10.12
34.87
1.67
22.09
-24.41
22.74
23.22
32.46
EIRL
Ireland
-0.24
4.28
12.80
27.82
15.40
9.84
8.89
9.93 15.67 20.84 20.26 2.80 0.98 0.47 0.44 -14.54 -39.15 -39.15 1.06 0.25 0.23 6.39 13.56 12.47
2.30
28.82
-1.63
35.12
-18.81
13.72
9.62
28.14
NORW
Norway
9.72
25.41
21.96
48.64
17.55
9.58
9.93
15.63 16.96 20.43 21.64 3.11 1.03 0.47 0.46 -10.46 -30.84 -43.74 1.68 0.31 0.23 4.08 13.68 14.33
19.07
32.60
-2.50
4.97
-14.12
18.11
1.22
12.52
EWK
Belgium
1.84
10.12
15.70
40.11
15.23
9.43
7.64
9.03 14.06 16.14 17.42 4.44 1.08 0.58 0.44 -11.69 -32.34 -32.96 1.30 0.29 0.23 4.57 11.36 12.57
9.30
35.34
0.19
7.45
-13.93
12.87
0.00
25.92
EWG
Germany
2.85
8.36
5.87
24.97
20.25
9.41
9.25
9.63 14.59 19.56 19.49 2.59 1.39 0.48 0.47 -14.12 -41.66 -41.66 1.43 0.23 0.22 3.71 14.66 14.07
4.33
35.78
9.79
23.36
-22.20
5.84
10.57
19.15
EWD
Sweden
4.69
15.63
19.42
31.33
18.63
8.92
10.80
10.58 18.40 22.15 20.23 2.96 1.01 0.40 0.53 -15.45 -40.26 -40.26 1.21 0.22 0.27 5.41 16.57 13.02
11.15
36.54
-3.91
25.07
-27.79
22.86
22.26
21.74
EWJ
Japan
7.76
15.44
22.41
41.09
21.74
8.85
10.01
9.81 10.94 14.00 13.36 4.19 1.99 0.63 0.75 -7.03 -28.85 -28.85 3.09 0.31 0.35 2.58 10.35 8.93
14.40
25.84
7.03
20.32
-17.72
1.17
15.41
19.33
EWA
Australia
8.43
18.39
13.01
29.52
13.53
8.58
10.17
12.36 15.56 19.56 18.92 2.39 0.87 0.44 0.54 -12.08 -23.37 -31.36 1.12 0.37 0.32 4.81 7.85 7.80
14.89
13.35
1.60
13.83
-5.86
8.95
8.26
22.41
INDA
India
1.02
-4.46
0.56
8.67
10.78
6.49
9.34
11.61 11.54 13.08 17.37 0.75 0.93 0.50 0.54 -17.23 -17.23 -34.00 0.63 0.38 0.27 6.47 7.13 8.37
-3.29
2.68
8.63
17.16
-8.94
21.41
14.83
6.49
QAT
Qatar
-1.27
4.32
-1.52
12.09
6.88
5.78
4.38
8.68 11.85 13.33 15.83 1.39 0.58 0.43 0.28 -14.35 -27.26 -28.55 0.48 0.21 0.15 5.01 13.82 12.07
3.41
8.82
5.20
2.71
-7.23
14.42
6.85
-0.33
EWM
Malaysia
0.14
12.32
19.36
28.10
14.35
5.58
3.37
11.37 13.74 15.20 15.23 2.47 1.04 0.37 0.22 -13.09 -21.04 -33.72 1.10 0.27 0.10 5.72 9.99 18.13
6.80
15.74
19.46
-3.61
-5.98
-7.41
3.17
-1.42
KSA
Saudi Arabia
-6.75
0.48
0.70
-6.95
3.81
5.50
8.41
17.44 15.28 18.00 18.07 -0.40 0.25 0.31 0.47 -12.80 -27.10 -30.48 0.30 0.20 0.28 6.35 14.25 12.45
2.09
-8.20
-0.19
15.04
-6.07
33.56
2.63
9.30
EDEN
Denmark
-11.26
-1.35
-0.01
0.35
4.29
4.51
9.21
20.15 16.60 19.51 17.68 0.02 0.26 0.23 0.52 -19.94 -34.38 -34.38 0.22 0.13 0.27 10.03 12.32 9.92
-5.47
10.59
-3.94
17.99
-11.44
14.80
42.55
24.37
VNM
Vietnam
0.05
4.25
4.54
58.80
21.41
3.04
4.44
22.57 23.95 24.50 22.86 2.61 0.89 0.12 0.19 -23.75 -46.50 -46.50 0.90 0.07 0.10 11.04 30.05 24.37
0.00
66.55
-11.15
15.02
-43.75
22.05
9.84
9.13
THD
Thailand
18.83
28.83
32.86
46.42
5.17
2.33
4.57
21.77 20.75 19.97 20.51 2.13 0.25 0.12 0.22 -25.18 -31.08 -39.98 0.21 0.07 0.11 14.60 16.80 20.04
25.78
2.36
-2.21
-12.63
1.22
1.85
-9.87
8.33
EWH
Hong Kong
3.55
12.35
18.09
45.13
10.82
2.14
6.60
12.03 18.71 21.28 19.42 3.75 0.58 0.10 0.34 -22.22 -40.35 -40.35 0.49 0.05 0.16 12.04 24.62 18.48
13.93
34.50
0.01
-13.86
-6.82
-3.48
4.19
10.71
EPHE
Philippines
7.47
11.60
7.59
18.62
4.04
0.24
-0.35
14.09 16.89 19.60 19.55 1.32 0.24 0.01 -0.02 -19.26 -32.20 -41.45 0.21 0.01 -0.01 8.98 16.43 23.15
12.00
1.56
-1.41
1.26
-15.86
-2.22
-3.94
8.50
EIDO
Indonesia
0.96
-3.63
1.83
15.75
-4.48
-1.93
-0.09
13.69 17.20 15.91 20.85 1.15 -0.26 -0.12 0.00 -30.29 -30.29 -48.60 -0.15 -0.06 0.00 15.51 12.65 19.47
-4.71
4.90
-13.01
2.57
-0.15
-0.60
-7.14
5.30
ENZL
New Zealand
1.15
5.38
7.19
14.59
1.45
-3.17
5.77
6.35 14.39 17.62 18.01 2.30 0.10 -0.18 0.32 -16.72 -33.90 -37.29 0.09 -0.09 0.15 7.11 20.84 17.84
4.88
2.46
-4.87
2.97
-16.17
-11.38
20.04
30.10
FXI
China
-5.88
-4.67
-3.15
8.48
12.81
-3.17
4.59
13.97 21.20 28.42 23.69 0.61 0.60 -0.11 0.19 -26.63 -56.48 -56.74 0.48 -0.06 0.08 10.19 32.70 25.27
-2.64
28.95
28.98
-12.42
-20.67
-20.05
8.93
14.87
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