Fund · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
VWOB holdings
VWOB reports 935 holdings and behaves like 532.4 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 1.03% at a quoted market price (level 1), 75 issuer countries, 10.92% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31VWOB's largest investment is Argentina at 1.14% of net assets. Argentina and Argentina follow; the three together are 2.56%. Ten companies are 6.58% of the fund; the other 925 share the rest. Among the 192 bond funds measured here, VWOB behaves like 532.4 holdings against a median of 236.4 — 2.3 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings VWOB has become less concentrated: it behaved like 434.1 at 2019-10-31 and 550.7 at 2026-04-30. Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 39 positions were added and 23 dropped; 7.4% of the weight moved. Mexico is the largest country at 9.85% of the portfolio, across 75 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable bond funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, VWOB went from behaving like 434.1 equally weighted positions to 550.7 — 27% more, while its top ten went from 6.14% to 6.1% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 917 | 550.7 | 6.1% | 1.16% |
| 2026-01-31 | 901 | 518.8 | 6.89% | 1.22% |
| 2025-10-31 | 840 | 502.5 | 6.84% | 1.13% |
| 2025-07-31 | 793 | 483.5 | 6.92% | 1.11% |
| 2025-04-30 | 777 | 481.6 | 6.68% | 1.18% |
| 2025-01-31 | 742 | 449.7 | 7.43% | 1.36% |
| 2024-10-31 | 734 | 482.1 | 6.34% | 1.01% |
| 2024-07-31 | 731 | 490.2 | 5.92% | 0.79% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 739 | 480.1 | 6.19% | 0.89% |
| 2024-01-31 | 727 | 483.9 | 5.75% | 0.68% |
| 2023-10-31 | 700 | 475.6 | 5.41% | 0.61% |
| 2023-07-31 | 700 | 473 | 5.7% | 0.67% |
| 2023-04-30 | 767 | 477.3 | 5.62% | 0.66% |
| 2023-01-31 | 755 | 452.2 | 6.2% | 0.83% |
| 2022-10-31 | 745 | 448.9 | 5.81% | 0.63% |
| 2022-07-31 | 740 | 445.1 | 5.92% | 0.7% |
| 2022-04-30 | 744 | 451.7 | 6% | 0.67% |
| 2022-01-31 | 766 | 472.6 | 6.02% | 0.72% |
| 2021-10-31 | 750 | 471.8 | 5.88% | 0.75% |
| 2021-07-31 | 739 | 461 | 5.95% | 0.74% |
| 2021-04-30 | 719 | 444.3 | 6.34% | 0.99% |
| 2021-01-31 | 764 | 449.3 | 6.29% | 0.72% |
| 2020-10-31 | 722 | 439.5 | 6.22% | 0.76% |
| 2020-07-31 | 710 | 440.9 | 6.38% | 0.8% |
| 2020-04-30 | 705 | 427.9 | 6.11% | 0.8% |
| 2020-01-31 | 695 | 430.8 | 6.52% | 0.97% |
| 2019-10-31 | 686 | 434.1 | 6.14% | 0.83% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 935 positions in VWOB's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: VWOB.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 1.16% | 1.2% |
| 2 | Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 0.77% | 1.9% |
| 3 | Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 0.67% | 2.6% |
| 4 | Petroleos Mexicanos | 0.56% | 3.2% |
| 5 | Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 0.55% | 3.7% |
| 6 | Petroleos Mexicanos | 0.52% | 4.2% |
| 7 | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.52% | 4.8% |
| 8 | Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl | 0.50% | 5.3% |
| 9 | Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl | 0.43% | 5.7% |
| 10 | Ecuador Government International Bond | 0.41% | 6.1% |
| 11 | Qatar Government International Bond | 0.41% | 6.5% |
| 12 | Saudi Government International Bond | 0.41% | 6.9% |
| 13 | Qatar Government International Bond | 0.39% | 7.3% |
| 14 | Saudi Government International Bond | 0.38% | 7.7% |
| 15 | Saudi Government International Bond | 0.37% | 8.1% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of VWOB's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 9.96% |
| Saudi Arabia | 8.32% |
| Cayman Islands° | 5.96% |
| Türkiye | 5.95% |
| Indonesia | 5.90% |
| United Arab Emirates | 4.61% |
| Argentina | 3.84% |
| Brazil | 3.73% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of VWOB's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.24 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: VWOB.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30900 positions became 916: 39 added (2.7% of the fund at the later date), 23 dropped (2.2% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 7.4%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of VWOB compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico Government International Bond | 0.09% | 0.30% | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.10% | 0.52% |
| Mexico Government International Bond | 0.07% | 0.23% | KSA Ijarah Sukuk Ltd | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| Saudi Government International Bond | 0.10% | 0.23% | Dominican Republic International Bond | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| Ukraine Government International Bond | 0.09% | 0.20% | Global Sukuk Ventures | 0.25% | 0.15% |
| Philippine Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.12% | Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl | 0.58% | 0.50% |
| Colombia Government International Bond | 0.07% | 0.16% | Kuwait International Government Bond | 0.38% | 0.31% |
New: Brazilian Government International Bond (0.27%), United States Treasury Note/Bond (0.22%), Saudi Government International Bond (0.18%), Suci Second Investment Co (0.16%), Abu Dhabi Government International Bond (0.13%), Romanian Government International Bond (0.12%). Gone: KSA Sukuk Ltd (0.33%), Kuwait International Government Bond (0.29%), Turkiye Government International Bond (0.24%), Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama AS (0.21%), Mexico Government International Bond (0.13%), Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III (0.13%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-3198.97% debt, 1.03% short-term investment as filed; 1.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-04-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $6.48B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, debt funds
10Every measured debt fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of VWOB (532.4). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | 1,870 | 456.2 | 9.2% | 2026-06-30 |
| SPSB State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF | 1,601 | 463.5 | 6.92% | 2026-06-30 |
| EUSB iShares ESG Advanced Universal USD Bond ETF | 4,233 | 479.3 | 6.99% | 2026-05-31 |
| MLN VanEck Long Muni ETF | 654 | 485.5 | 5.4% | 2026-07-31 |
| VCRB Vanguard Core Bond ETF | 3,486 | 501.4 | 8.36% | 2026-06-30 |
| DFNM Dimensional National Municipal Bond ETF | 1,200 | 538 | 6.03% | 2026-07-31 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 13,268 | 562.7 | 6.3% | 2026-05-31 |
| VCRM Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF | 2,404 | 571.2 | 7.13% | 2026-07-31 |
| AGGY WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund | 2,140 | 582.6 | 8.16% | 2026-05-31 |
| SHM State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF | 1,045 | 604 | 5.36% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine VWOB
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