FTSE Global All Cap Index

What the FTSE Global All Cap Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.

What does the FTSE Global All Cap Index track?

Around 10,000 companies from nearly 50 countries, from the very large down to the small — the broadest "just buy the whole world" list on this site, maintained by FTSE Russell.

It is part of the FTSE Global Equity Index Series; the official factsheet below has the exact country and company breakdown.

Maintained byFTSE Russell (part of LSEG)
On this site we follow it throughVanguard logoVanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT).

VT since 2008

Price history of VT tracking the FTSE Global All Cap Index$18$53$88$123$158201020132016201920222025

The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of VT, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.

VT returns by year (USD)

Last 5 years
+11.03%
average per year (CAGR)
Last 10 years
+11.77%
average per year (CAGR)
YearTotal return
2026 (so far)+11.93%
2025+22.43%
2024+16.49%
2023+22.02%
2022-18.00%
2021+18.27%
2020+16.59%
2019+26.81%
2018-9.76%
2017+24.50%
2016+8.50%
2015-1.86%
2014+3.68%
2013+22.94%
2012+17.12%
2011-7.51%
2010+13.08%
2009+32.66%
2008-33.05%

Calendar-year total returns of VT in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.

Compare VT head to head

Yearly returns side by side against the other funds we track.