Frontier Markets ETFs
Compare frontier-markets ETFs ranked by ETF Copilot on returns and valuation, with top funds updated daily. Scores, holdings, fees and valuation for every fund.
Updated October 9, 2026
What stands out across Frontier Markets ETFs
Expense ratios on this page run from 0.59% to 0.76% a year, a median of 0.59%. 3 of the 5 shown charge that lowest figure.
Across the 4 funds shown, ETF Copilot's overall scores run from 3.8 to 6.4 out of 10, with a median of 5.0.
Concentration varies widely here: the ten largest holdings account for 60% of assets in the least concentrated fund and 63% in the most, a median of 61% across the list.
1 of 3 are more concentrated than the typical fund in their own category, on ETF Copilot's concentration measure.
The typical frontier-markets fund on this page behaves like 19 equally weighted positions once holding weights are taken into account.
As of October 9, 2026, the largest Frontier Markets ETFs fund by assets is iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA).
The 5 funds on this list
| # | Fund | ETF Copilot score | Expense ratio | Assets | Top 10 weight | Largest exposures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) | 3.8/10 | 0.75% | $594M | 60% | Tech 2% |
| 2 | iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) | 6.4/10 | 0.59% | $455M | 63% | |
| 3 | iShares MSCI UAE ETF (UAE) | 0.59% | $321M | |||
| 4 | iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) | 3.8/10 | 0.59% | $163M | 61% | Tech 0% |
| 5 | VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK) | 6.2/10 | 0.76% | $96M |
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.
All 7 Frontier Markets ETFs ETF Copilot covers
- VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK)
- iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA)
- iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA)
- iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF (KWT)
- iShares MSCI Qatar ETF (QAT)
- iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR)
- iShares MSCI UAE ETF (UAE)
Where is money going in Frontier Markets?
In the week to October 9, 2026, Frontier Markets moved -0.9% and saw -$12M of net fund flow, which ETF Copilot reads as exiting — money leaving.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price, 1 week | -0.9% |
| Net flow, 1 week | -$12M |
| Price, 1 month | -7.3% |
| Net flow, 1 month | -$83M |
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, “Frontier Markets ETFs — scores, concentration and exposure”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/category/frontier-markets
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