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Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB)

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Price: $63.98; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $6.6B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.95%
Yield: 6.11%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -0.1%-1.7%; Category 1.6%
3Y CAGR: 9.7%+0.1%; Category 9.6%
5Y CAGR: 1.7%0.0%; Category 1.7%

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Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+1.9%	-1.3%	-1.7%	-0.8%	-0.1%	+9.7%	+1.7%	+2.9%	+3.2%
Emerging Markets Bond average	1.1%	-1.6%	-1.4%	0.3%	1.6%	9.6%	1.7%	2.5%	3.2%
Difference	+0.7%	+0.3%	-0.3%	-1.2%	-1.7%	+0.1%	0.0%	+0.4%	0.0%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government84.8%
AA9.5%
A20.9%
BBB28.2%
BB24.5%
B13.8%
Below B3.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.7%
Cash0.4%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Emerging Markets Bond
Ticker: VWOB
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 31 May 2013 (13.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.95%)
Holdings turnover: 27% (category 67%)
Distribution yield: 6.11%
Beta, 3 years: 1.12
Total net assets: $6.6B

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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