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VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VXUS with dividends reinvested grew to $30,597, 7.70% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -27.76%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested

CAGR (annualized return)
7.70%
Volatility (annualized)
14.62%
Worst drawdown
-27.76%
Sharpe ratio
0.47

How VXUS held up in past market crashes

VXUS has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 33.5% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 8 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.

Deepest price fall and recovery time of VXUS in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashVXUS deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-16.4%-20.2%Sep 2018 to Dec 201812 months
2020 COVID crash-33.5%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20208 months
2022 bear market-29.8%-25.4%Jan 2022 to Oct 202223 months

Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.

About VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to stocks outside the United States. Managed by Vanguard, it seeks to track the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, a market-cap-weighted benchmark that spans developed and emerging markets and includes a wide range of company sizes.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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