Best Emerging Markets ETFs
Top emerging-markets ETFs ranked by ETF Copilot on returns and valuation, updated daily.
Updated September 11, 2026
What stands out across Emerging Markets ETFs
Expense ratios on this page run from 0.06% to 0.72% a year, a median of 0.25%. VWO is the cheapest of the 5 shown.
Across the 5 funds shown, ETF Copilot's overall scores run from 5.2 to 7.3 out of 10, with a median of 6.5.
Concentration varies widely here: the ten largest holdings account for 29% of assets in the least concentrated fund and 43% in the most, a median of 34% across the list.
4 of 5 are more concentrated than the typical fund in their own category, on ETF Copilot's concentration measure.
The typical Emerging Markets fund on this page behaves like 33 equally weighted positions once holding weights are taken into account.
As of September 11, 2026, the largest fund on ETF Copilot's Best Emerging Markets ETFs list by assets is iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG).
What are the Best Emerging Markets ETFs? The 5 on this list
| # | Fund | ETF Copilot score | Expense ratio | Assets | Top 10 weight | Largest exposures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) | 6.5/10 | 0.09% | $163.8B | 34% | Tech 27%, Memory 15% |
| 2 | Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) | 5.2/10 | 0.06% | $162.3B | 29% | Tech 14%, Semiconductors 5% |
| 3 | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) | 6.1/10 | 0.72% | $31.8B | 38% | Tech 27%, Memory 17% |
| 4 | Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM) | 6.8/10 | 0.33% | $28.9B | 30% | Tech 32%, Memory 20% |
| 5 | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) | 7.3/10 | 0.25% | $25.5B | 43% | Tech 31%, Memory 21% |
ETF Copilot's 0–10 score rates a fund on value, growth, quality and risk against every US equity ETF we track. How the scores are built →
Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.
Which Emerging Markets ETFs are compared head to head?
Every published head-to-head between these funds, the most searched first.
- VWO vs IEMG
- EEM vs IEMG
- VWO vs EEM
- AVEM vs EEM
- AVEM vs IEMG
- AVEM vs VWO
- AVEM vs EMXC
- EEM vs EMXC
- EMXC vs IEMG
- EMXC vs VWO
- AVEM vs SPEM
- EEM vs IEMG vs SPEM vs VWO
- EEM vs SPEM
- EMXC vs SPEM
- IEMG vs SPEM
- SPEM vs VWO
- AVEM vs SCHE
- EEM vs SCHE
- EMXC vs SCHE
- IEMG vs SCHE
- SCHE vs SPEM
- SCHE vs VWO
- AVEM vs FNDE
- EEM vs FNDE
- EMXC vs FNDE
- FNDE vs IEMG
- FNDE vs SCHE
- FNDE vs SPEM
- FNDE vs VWO
- AVEM vs DFAE
- DFAE vs EEM
- DFAE vs EMXC
- DFAE vs FNDE
- DFAE vs IEMG
- DFAE vs SCHE
- DFAE vs SPEM
- DFAE vs VWO
- AVEM vs DFEM
- DFAE vs DFEM
- DFEM vs EEM
- DFEM vs EMXC
- DFEM vs FNDE
- DFEM vs IEMG
- DFEM vs SCHE
- DFEM vs SPEM
- DFEM vs VWO
Where is money going in Emerging Markets?
In the week to September 11, 2026, Emerging Markets moved +0.2% and saw +$1.3B of net fund flow, which ETF Copilot reads as aligned — price and money moving the same way.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price, 1 week | +0.2% |
| Net flow, 1 week | +$1.3B |
| Price, 1 month | +2.0% |
| Net flow, 1 month | +$3.1B |
Net fund flow is money into or out of the ETFs in this category, computed by ETF Copilot from daily fund assets. All 33 sectors side by side →
Cite this
ETF Copilot, “Best Emerging Markets ETFs”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/best/emerging-markets-etfs
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