ETFs - statistics & facts

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are investment funds traded throughout the day on a stock exchange, just like shares. In this way they differ from traditional mutual funds, which only trade once a day (based on their price at the end of the day). Most ETFs are created in order to replicate the performance of market indexes, such as S&P 500, by holding the same securities in the same proportion as a particular stock market or bond index. The advantages of ETFs over mutual funds are, among other things: lower costs; the possibility of tracking the performance of the whole market rather than investing in single stocks; and potentially better investment results, as active fund managers tend to underperform the market. These benefits have led to the number of exchange traded funds worldwide growing an astonishing 3,000 percent since 2003.

Value of assets managed by exchange traded funds globally: 9.6tr USD

Number of exchange traded funds worldwide: 8,754

The SPDR S&P 500 is the largest ETF in the world by market capitalization: 365.73bn USD

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Market capitalization of largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) worldwide as of January 16, 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Largest ETFs by market cap globally 2023

Largest fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States as of January 2023, by assets under management (in billion U.S. dollars)

Investment Funds

Biggest fixed income ETFs traded in the U.S. 2023, by AUM

Number of ESG ETFs worldwide from 2006 to November 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Number of ESG ETFs worldwide 2006-2022

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Number of regulated open-end funds worldwide 2011-2022
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Number of ETFs globally 2003-2022
Number of exchange traded funds (ETFs) worldwide from 2003 to 2022
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Worldwide ETF assets under management 2003-2022
Development of assets of global exchange traded funds (ETFs) from 2003 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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ETF assets as a portion of the global market in Q2 2023, by region and asset type (in trillion U.S. dollars)

Regional distribution

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U.S. listed ETF asset size worldwide, by region 2023
Total assets under management (AUM) by U.S. listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) worldwide in July 2023, by region (in million U.S. dollars)
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Number of exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the United States from 2003 to 2022
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ETFs listed in Europe 2005-2022
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Assets under management of ETFs listed in Europe 2005-2022
Total assets under management (AUM) of exchange traded funds listed in Europe from 2005 to February 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Fund performance

Premium Statistic Largest ETFs by market cap globally 2023
Largest ETFs by market cap globally 2023
Market capitalization of largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) worldwide as of January 16, 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Largest ETFs in the U.S. in July2022, by assets under management
Leading exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the United States as of July, 2023, by assets under management (in million U.S. dollars)
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Biggest Asia Pacific ETFs traded in the U.S. 2022, by AUM
Largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the Asia Pacific region traded in the United States as of April 2022, by assets under management (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Biggest European ETFs traded in the U.S. by AUM 2022
Largest European exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States as of April 2022, by assets under management (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Biggest ETFs listed in Europe based on net inflows as of February 2022
Leading exchange traded funds (ETFs) listed in Europe in February 2022, by monthly net inflows (in million U.S. dollars)
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Biggest fixed income ETFs traded in the U.S. 2023, by AUM
Largest fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States as of January 2023, by assets under management (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Largest smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States as of January 10, 2022, by assets under management (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Factor-based products currently making up AUM worldwide 2020-2023
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Main reason for using smart beta ETF products worldwide by region 2023
Professional investors' primary reason for using smart-beta exchange traded fund (ETF) products worldwide in 2023, by region

ESG ETFs

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Number of ESG ETFs worldwide 2006-2022
Number of ESG ETFs worldwide from 2006 to November 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Global ESG ETF assets 2006-2022
Global ESG ETF assets from 2006 to November 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Largest ESG ETFs by AUM in the Americas 2023
Largest ESG ETFs in the Americas as of July 2023, based on assets under management (in million U.S. dollars)
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Top ESG ETFs worldwide 2023, by YTD performance
Top ESG exchange traded funds (ETFs) worldwide in 2023, by YTD performance
Premium Statistic Most targeted UN SDG of ESG ETFs worldwide 2023, by assets
Most targeted UN SDG of ESG ETFs worldwide 2023, by assets
Most targeted Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ESG ETFs worldwide in 2023, by assets (in billion U.S. dollars)

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