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VEA vs VEU

International Developed vs International Total.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.5 %

1,490 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEA and VEU would leave roughly 70.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VEA only 27.9% Shared 70.5% VEU only 27.6%
In VEA only
2,391 positions
Shared
1,490 positions
In VEU only
2,360 positions

Side by side

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$316.31B
TTM yield
2.56%
Top-10 conc.
11.5%
VEU

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$94.56B
TTM yield
2.55%
Top-10 conc.
13.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
96
78
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
98
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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VEA sub-score VEU

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VEA is 1 bps cheaper than VEU. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VEU.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with VEA vs VEU.

Top shared holdings

1,490 shared in total
# Holding In VEA In VEU Overlap
1 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.88% 1.81% 1.81%
2 ASML Holding NV 1.77% 1.43% 1.43%
3 SK hynix Inc 1.05% 1.23% 1.05%
4 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.97% 0.80% 0.80%
5 Roche Holding AG 0.96% 0.73% 0.73%
6 AstraZeneca PLC 1.01% 0.72% 0.72%
7 Novartis AG 1.01% 0.72% 0.72%
8 Nestle SA 0.87% 0.66% 0.66%
9 Shell PLC 0.90% 0.66% 0.66%
10 Royal Bank of Canada 0.78% 0.64% 0.64%
11 Siemens AG 0.61% 0.56% 0.56%
12 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.67% 0.54% 0.54%

Only in VEA

2,391 total
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.03%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.03%
  • Sam Chun Dang Pharm Co Ltd 0.03%
  • Finning International Inc 0.03%
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.03%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.03%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.03%
  • DPM Metals Inc 0.03%
  • Capital Power Corp 0.03%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.03%

Only in VEU

2,360 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.28%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.96%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.34%
  • MediaTek Inc 0.31%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.26%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.25%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.24%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.22%
  • PDD Holdings Inc 0.19%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.