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iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

iShares · US4642863017

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker EWK (ISIN US4642863017). In a single purchase you get a diversified basket of holdings rather than a stake in just one business. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well — and…

· Tracks the MSCI Belgium index ?
Equity ?Unknown Physical ?
Mid-range feeOwns the shares directlyOther
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Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
1-year return ?
+17.6%
Price Return · to 2026-07-24
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.49%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

What you own

The MSCI Belgium index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy.

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.49%Yearly fee (TER)
0.00%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Index tracked ?
MSCI Belgium
Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Launched
Mar 1996
30-year track record

Performance

60.377.694.9112129202120242026

Growth of $100 invested — the line starts at $100.

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.

YTD+10.4%
1 year+17.6%
3 years+12.0%
5 years+3.9%

Return, year by year

-16.1
+5.1
-2.9
+32.9
'22'23'24'25
2 of 4 up yearsBest: 2025 +32.9%Worst: 2022 -16.1%Calendar-year total returns, in USD

How bumpy has it been?

15.8%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-15.5%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.74
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+25.1%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about +4.6% a year.
+45.1%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-33.9%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-36.5%
Worst fall on record ?
It clawed back in about 34 months.

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

ExchangeTickerCurrency
NYSEEWKUSD★ Primary
EUR listings
FrankfurtISVLEUR
USD listings
LAISVLUSD
LUISVLUSD
MFEWK*USD
MMEWK*USD
MUEWK*USD
NYSE ArcaEWKUSD
OCEWKUSD
THISVLUSD
UAEWKUSD
UBEWKUSD
UCEWKUSD
UDEWKUSD
UFEWKUSD
UMEWKUSD
USEWKUSD
UTEWKUSD
UXEWKUSD
VFEWKUSD
VGEWKUSD
VJEWKUSD
VKEWKUSD
VPEWKUSD
VYEWKUSD
XETRAEWKUSD
For serious comparison — full data holdings, percentiles, advanced risk, tilt, flows

How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 30% of similar ETFs📈 Higher 1-yr return than 53%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 55%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 33%📊 Behind its category by 0.3% (1-yr) (category average +17.9%)📊 Beat its category by 0.5% (3-yr) (category average +11.5%)📊 Behind its category by 1.3% (5-yr) (category average +5.2%)

Versus the Equity (stocks) · Other · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

1.05
Sortino (3y) ?
0.77
Calmar (3y) ?
10.6%
Downside deviation ?
83%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$27.68
52-week high ?
$21.82
52-week low ?

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Yearly fee (TER)0.49%0.08%0.03%0.05%0.08%0.05%0.05%
All-in cost0.00%0.00%0.00%0.12%0.00%0.06%0.06%
Fund size€0€100.7B€57.6B€50.3B€48.9B€36.7B€36.7B
DomicileUnited StatesUnited StatesIrelandUnited StatesIrelandIreland
ReplicationPhysical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Synthetic (swap)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+12.0%+26.5%+13.9%-73.9%+16.7%
5-yr return p.a.+3.9%+18.6%+6.7%+9.2%
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Data as of 2026-07-24 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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