OriginaveFTSE All-World Index
What the FTSE All-World Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.
What does the FTSE All-World Index track?
Around 4,000 large and mid-sized companies from nearly 50 developed and emerging markets, maintained by FTSE Russell. The index behind "VWCE and chill" — Europe's favorite one-fund portfolio.
It is the slightly slimmer sibling of the FTSE Global All Cap: same world, but without the thousands of tiny small caps. In practice the two move almost identically.
Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.
VWRP since 2019
The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of VWRP, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.
VWRP returns by year (USD)
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +12.35% |
| 2025 | +13.94% |
| 2024 | +19.60% |
| 2023 | +15.64% |
| 2022 | -8.41% |
| 2021 | +20.00% |
| 2020 | +12.27% |
| 2019 | +1.72% |
Calendar-year total returns of VWRP in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.
Compare VWRP head to head
Yearly returns side by side against the other funds we track.