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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Idx Admiral (VFWAX) pays a $1.21 annual dividend ($0.30 quarterly), yielding 2.37% at $50.60/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.37%
Annual Dividend: $1.21 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 16
The Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Idx Admiral dividend comes from a fund built to mirror the FTSE All-World ex US Index, holding each constituent stock in proportion to its weight in the index. VFWAX currently yields 2.33%, with trailing twelve-month payments totaling $1.2110 per share. The fund pays quarterly, with the last dividend of $0.4216 per share already on record. Dividend investors seeking broad international equity exposure with a moderate income stream are the natural audience here.
Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Idx Admiral dividend safety is determined by the aggregate distributions flowing from the thousands of international stocks the fund holds, not by any single company's earnings or payout decision. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF), so the relevant risk is the variability of those underlying distributions. The history table shows multiple years where annual payments declined year-over-year, including a drop from $1.0290 in 2014 to $0.7980 in 2015 and from $1.0270 in 2019 to $0.7150 in 2020, reflecting how sensitive international dividend income can be to global market conditions.
Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Idx Admiral dividend history shows a CAGR of 4.3% per year from 2013 to 2025. Per-share annual payments grew from $0.8400 to $1.3953 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump was 22.5% in 2014, but the window also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which means growth has been uneven rather than linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +13.3% | $0.96 (2022) | $1.40 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +14.3% | $0.71 (2020) | $1.40 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.7% | $0.80 (2015) | $1.40 (2025) |
VFWAX fits dividend investors who want international equity income without concentrating in any single country or sector. The yield sits in the moderate (2–4%) range at 2.33%, which is meaningful income but not the primary draw. The 4.3% annualized dividend growth rate over 12 years adds some purchasing-power protection, though the history includes notable year-over-year declines, so income is not smooth. What an investor gets is broad global diversification with a moderate, growing income stream. The trade-off is that distributions fluctuate with international market conditions, and three consecutive years of increases is a short streak by dividend-investor standards.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | $0.1171 |
| 2026-06-18 | $0.2389 |
| 2026-03-20 | $0.0656 |
| 2025-12-19 | $0.7776 |
| 2025-09-19 | $0.2153 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.2875 |
| 2025-03-21 | $0.1149 |
| 2024-12-20 | $0.5808 |
| 2024-09-20 | $0.1498 |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.2810 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.4216 |
| 2025 | $1.3953 |
| 2024 | $1.1416 |
| 2023 | $1.1450 |
| 2022 | $0.9590 |
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