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Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB)

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Price: $64.88; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $6.9B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.95%
Yield: 5.86%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 2.4%-2.0%; Category 4.4%
3Y CAGR: 8.6%-0.4%; Category 9.0%
5Y CAGR: 1.5%+0.1%; Category 1.4%

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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	-1.2%	-2.0%	+1.3%	+0.1%	+2.4%	+8.6%	+1.5%	+2.9%	+3.3%
Emerging Markets Bond average	-0.8%	-0.9%	2.4%	2.0%	4.4%	9.0%	1.4%	2.6%	4.4%
Difference	-0.4%	-1.1%	-1.1%	-1.9%	-2.0%	-0.4%	+0.1%	+0.3%	-1.1%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government84.3%
AA9.4%
A20.5%
BBB28.4%
BB24.3%
B14.1%
Below B3.1%
Other0.2%

Asset mix

Bonds98.9%
Cash1.1%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Emerging Markets Bond
Ticker: VWOB
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 31 May 2013 (13.3 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.95%)
Holdings turnover: 27% (category 67%)
Distribution yield: 5.86%
Beta, 3 years: 1.11
Total net assets: $6.9B

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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