IDEV vs URTH: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

IDEVANYSE Arca

iShares MSCI World ETF

URTHBNYSE Arca

Overlap

27.3%by weight

Expense ratio

IDEV −0.20pt a year

IDEV0.04%URTH0.24%

Avg volume · 30D

IDEV 3.1×the volume

IDEV1.87MURTH613K

5Y return · a year

URTH +1.7pt

IDEV+8.6%URTH+10.3%

IDEV vs URTH Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+51.0%IDEV+62.9%URTH

Expense ratio: IDEV 0.04%, better; URTH 0.24%
Fund size: IDEV $33.4B; URTH $9.64B
1Y total return: IDEV +16.4%, better; URTH +13.9%
Yield (12M): IDEV 3.18%, better; URTH 1.39%
Holdings: IDEV 2327; URTH 1268
Avg volume (30D): IDEV 1.87M sh, better; URTH 613K sh
NAV per share: IDEV $87.83; URTH $199.60
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for IDEV, URTH, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	IDEV	URTH
Cost30% weight	A90Higher	D30
Mission25% weight	A100Higher	A94
Risk15% weight	C51Higher	C49
Tradability15% weight	A70	A77Higher
Holdings10% weight	A92Higher	D31
Durability5% weight	B61	A71Higher

Rank among Developed International Core funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. IDEV and URTH are both graded against the same 20 Developed International Core funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Developed International Core⁠

Category · 20 funds

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IDEV ranks 1st and URTH 11th of 20 funds in the Developed International Core Category.

Rank 1AIDEViShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETFScore 82
Rank 2ASPDWState Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETFScore 81
Rank 11BBBEUJPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETFScore 58
Rank 11BURTHiShares MSCI World ETFScore 58
Rank 13BFLEEFranklin FTSE Europe ETFScore 57

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

IDEVAiShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

URTHBiShares MSCI World ETF

In short

IDEV One ticker for the developed world outside America, top to bottom: roughly 2,300 large, mid and small caps for four basis points. iShares built this as a Core building block and priced it like one.

URTH Most developed-market ETFs hand you everything except America. URTH takes MSCI World whole, US included, so one ticker holds large and mid caps across 23 developed countries.

Stated mandate

IDEV The fund seeks to track an index of large-, mid-, and small-cap equities from developed markets outside the United States.

URTH The fund seeks to track an index representing developed-market equities from around the globe.

Why people hold it

IDEV Charges 0.04% a year while the typical developed-markets core fund charges 0.18%. That is roughly a fifth of the usual freight.
Goes all-cap, not just blue chips: roughly 2,300 large, mid and small companies from developed markets outside the US, so the small end is not left on the cutting room floor.ishares.com
A plain index wrapper on the MSCI World ex USA IMI Index. No tilts, no manager discretion, and it has run that same mandate since 2017.
Multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the stronger implementations in a crowded developed-markets core group.

URTH One ticket for the developed world: roughly 1,300 large and mid caps across 23 developed countries, covering about 85% of each market's free-float value.msci.com
Trading since 2012 under the iShares roof, and it stays close to the MSCI World index it promises.
A multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively, which tends to keep spreads narrow on ordinary-size orders.
Sits in the upper half of its developed-market index peer group.

Worth knowing

IDEV VEA, SPDW and SCHF each run a basis point cheaper. Pennies on most balances, but IDEV is not the absolute cost floor of the group.
Distributions come annually or semiannually rather than monthly, so cash arrives in lumps.
Every holding is priced in a foreign currency, so moves in the dollar show up in your returns alongside the stocks themselves.

URTH 0.24% a year is above the typical fee in this cohort. Ex-US peers VEA, SPDW and SCHF charge 0.03%, but they leave the US slice for you to add separately.
Market-cap weighted, so the US, the largest developed market, carries the heaviest weight and the mega caps set the tone.msci.com
Developed markets, large and mid caps only: no emerging markets, no small caps.msci.com

Full IDEV profile⁠

Full URTH profile⁠

IDEV vs URTH Holdings

How IDEV and URTH differ

Overlap by weight

27.3%

Shared holdings make up 85.6% of IDEV and 27.3% of URTH.

Level by level

Countryby domicile24.0%
Holdings735 in both27.3%
Sector11 Sectors75.4%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in IDEV and URTH, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	IDEV	URTH
Technology	URTH +19.1 points	9.7%	28.8%
Financials	IDEV +8.7 points	25.3%	16.6%
Industrials	IDEV +7.2 points	17.6%	10.4%
Materials	IDEV +4.5 points	7.7%	3.2%
Communication	URTH +3.3 points	4.2%	7.5%
Energy	IDEV +1.4 points	5.6%	4.2%
Consumer Discretionary	URTH +1.1 points	7.9%	9.0%
Consumer Staples	IDEV +1.0 points	6.5%	5.5%
Utilities	IDEV +1.0 points	3.5%	2.5%
Health Care	URTH +1.0 points	9.5%	10.5%
Real Estate	IDEV +0.9 points	2.6%	1.7%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in IDEV and URTH, widest gap first
Country	Gap	IDEV	URTH
United States	URTH +76.0 points	0.0%	76.0%
Japan	IDEV +16.9 points	23.0%	6.1%
United Kingdom	IDEV +9.3 points	13.1%	3.8%
Canada	IDEV +9.0 points	12.7%	3.7%
Switzerland	IDEV +5.7 points	8.3%	2.6%
France	IDEV +5.4 points	7.9%	2.5%
Germany	IDEV +5.2 points	7.5%	2.3%
Australia	IDEV +4.9 points	6.6%	1.7%
Other countries (9)	IDEV +19.6 points	21.0%	1.4%

Outside the US: IDEV 99% developed, 1% emerging. URTH 100% developed, 0% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

IDEV10.9%
URTH26.6%

Securities held

IDEV2,308
URTH1,249

Asset class

IDEV: Stocks
URTH: Stocks

Holdings

Only in IDEV1,573
In both735
Only in URTH514

Only in IDEV

1,573 securities, 13.8% of IDEV by weight

Baycurrent Inc0.04%
Bluescope Steel0.04%
Imi PLC0.04%
Iamgold Corp0.04%
Aritzia Subordinate Voting0.04%
Storebrand0.03%
Psp Swiss Property AG0.03%
Hudbay Minerals0.03%
Finning International Inc0.03%
Hiscox Ltd0.03%
Quebecor Class B0.03%
Mebuki Financial Group Inc0.03%
Descartes Systems Group0.03%
Als0.03%
Spie SA0.03%
Subsea0.03%
Dcc Energy PLC0.03%
Eldorado Gold0.03%
SCOUT24 N0.03%
Dpm Metals0.03%
Accelleron N AG0.03%
St Jamess Place PLC0.03%
Weir PLC0.03%
Charter Hall Group Stapled Units0.03%
Fukuoka Financial Group0.03%
Stockland Stapled Units Ltd0.03%
Icg PLC0.03%
Nkt0.03%
Food & Life Companies0.03%
Capital Power Corp0.03%
Lottomatica Group0.03%
Al Sydbank0.03%
Car Group0.03%
Cochlear0.03%
Ramsay Health Care0.03%
Or Royalties Inc0.03%
Ringkjobing Landbobank0.03%
Orica0.02%
Gpt Group Stapled Units0.02%
Shizuoka Financial Group Inc0.02%
Niterra0.02%
Jyske Bank0.02%
Gaztransport & Technigaz SA0.02%
Technology One0.02%
Getinge B0.02%
First Majestic Silver0.02%
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings0.02%
Ackermans & Van Haaren NV0.02%
Croda International PLC0.02%
Games Workshop Group PLC0.02%

Only in URTH

514 securities, 72.4% of URTH by weight

Apple5.74%
NVIDIA4.90%
Microsoft4.27%
Amazon.com Inc2.86%
Alphabet Class A1.91%
Meta Platforms Class A1.53%
Broadcom Inc1.51%
Alphabet Class C1.51%
Eli Lilly1.24%
Tesla Inc1.17%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.01%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B0.92%
Micron Technology0.89%
Advanced Micro Devices0.84%
Visa Class A0.80%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp0.78%
Johnson & Johnson0.76%
Walmart0.63%
Mastercard Class A0.60%
AbbVie0.59%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.53%
Chevron0.45%
Procter & Gamble0.44%
Coca-Cola0.42%
Cisco Systems Inc0.42%
Merck & Co Inc0.41%
UnitedHealth Group0.41%
Palantir Technologies Class A0.40%
Home Depot0.39%
Ge Aerospace0.38%
Bank of America0.37%
Philip Morris International0.35%
Netflix0.30%
Applied Material Inc0.30%
Thermo Fisher Scientific0.29%
Caterpillar Inc0.29%
Wells Fargo0.29%
Rtx0.29%
Goldman Sachs Group0.29%
Palo Alto Networks0.29%
Texas Instrument0.29%
Lam Research0.29%
Amgen Inc0.28%
Intel Corporation0.28%
Linde PLC0.27%
International Business Machines Co0.26%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class A0.25%
Morgan Stanley0.24%
Ge Vernova0.24%
Gilead Sciences0.24%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 735 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in IDEV and URTH, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	IDEV	URTH
Asml Holding	IDEV +1.35 points	1.98%	0.63%
Roche Ps Par AG	IDEV +0.81 points	1.19%	0.38%
Hsbc Holdings PLCHSBA.L	IDEV +0.72 points	1.06%	0.34%
Novartis AG	IDEV +0.72 points	1.06%	0.34%
ShellSHEL.L	IDEV +0.69 points	1.02%	0.33%
Astrazeneca PLCAZN.L	IDEV +0.68 points	1.00%	0.32%
Royal Bank of Canada	IDEV +0.67 points	0.99%	0.32%
Nestle SA	IDEV +0.65 points	0.96%	0.31%
Sap	IDEV +0.58 points	0.85%	0.27%
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group	IDEV +0.53 points	0.78%	0.25%
Siemens N AG	IDEV +0.52 points	0.76%	0.24%
Toronto Dominion	IDEV +0.49 points	0.72%	0.23%
Bhp Group Ltd	IDEV +0.49 points	0.72%	0.23%
Toyota Motor	IDEV +0.48 points	0.71%	0.23%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	IDEV +0.47 points	0.69%	0.22%
Allianz	IDEV +0.46 points	0.68%	0.22%
Shopify Subordinate Voting Class A	IDEV +0.43 points	0.64%	0.21%
Totalenergies	IDEV +0.41 points	0.61%	0.20%
Banco Santander	IDEV +0.41 points	0.61%	0.20%
Iberdrola	IDEV +0.38 points	0.56%	0.18%
Ubs Group AG	IDEV +0.37 points	0.54%	0.17%
Sony Group	IDEV +0.36 points	0.54%	0.18%
Recruit Holdings	IDEV +0.35 points	0.51%	0.16%
Schneider Electric	IDEV +0.34 points	0.50%	0.16%
Unilever PLCULVR.L	IDEV +0.34 points	0.50%	0.16%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria	IDEV +0.34 points	0.50%	0.16%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLCRR.L	IDEV +0.34 points	0.50%	0.16%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	IDEV +0.33 points	0.49%	0.16%
Lair Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour	IDEV +0.32 points	0.47%	0.15%
Airbus Group	IDEV +0.31 points	0.46%	0.15%
Novo Nordisk Class B	IDEV +0.31 points	0.46%	0.15%
Abb Ltd	IDEV +0.30 points	0.45%	0.15%
Hitachi	IDEV +0.31 points	0.45%	0.14%
Advantest	IDEV +0.31 points	0.46%	0.15%
British American TobaccoBATS.L	IDEV +0.30 points	0.44%	0.14%
Loreal SA	IDEV +0.28 points	0.42%	0.14%
Bank of Montreal	IDEV +0.29 points	0.42%	0.13%
Bp PLCBP.L	IDEV +0.29 points	0.42%	0.13%
Tokyo Electron	IDEV +0.28 points	0.41%	0.13%
Unicredit	IDEV +0.28 points	0.41%	0.13%
Safran SA	IDEV +0.27 points	0.40%	0.13%
Zurich Insurance Group AG	IDEV +0.27 points	0.40%	0.13%
Lvmh	IDEV +0.27 points	0.40%	0.13%
Dbs Group Holdings Ltd	IDEV +0.27 points	0.40%	0.13%
Bank of Nova Scotia	IDEV +0.27 points	0.40%	0.13%
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA	IDEV +0.26 points	0.39%	0.13%
Mizuho Financial Group	IDEV +0.26 points	0.38%	0.12%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	IDEV +0.25 points	0.37%	0.12%
Aia Group	IDEV +0.25 points	0.37%	0.12%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd	IDEV +0.25 points	0.36%	0.11%
Siemens Energy N AG	IDEV +0.24 points	0.36%	0.12%
Fast Retailing	IDEV +0.25 points	0.33%	0.08%
Sanofi SA	IDEV +0.25 points	0.36%	0.11%
GlaxosmithklineGSK.L	IDEV +0.24 points	0.36%	0.12%
Enbridge	IDEV +0.24 points	0.36%	0.12%
Bnp Paribas SA	IDEV +0.24 points	0.36%	0.12%
Deutsche Telekom N AG	IDEV +0.24 points	0.35%	0.11%
Mitsubishi	IDEV +0.23 points	0.34%	0.11%
Tokio Marine Holdings	IDEV +0.24 points	0.35%	0.11%
Intesa Sanpaolo	IDEV +0.23 points	0.34%	0.11%
Agnico Eagle Mines	IDEV +0.23 points	0.34%	0.11%
Ing Groep	IDEV +0.22 points	0.33%	0.11%
Keyence	IDEV +0.22 points	0.30%	0.08%
Rio TintoRIO.L	IDEV +0.22 points	0.32%	0.10%
Spotify TechnologySPOT	IDEV +0.22 points	0.32%	0.10%
Westpac Banking Corporation	IDEV +0.21 points	0.31%	0.10%
National Australia Bank	IDEV +0.20 points	0.30%	0.10%
Anz Group Holdings Ltd	IDEV +0.21 points	0.30%	0.09%
National Grid PLCNG.L	IDEV +0.21 points	0.30%	0.09%
Softbank Group Corp	IDEV +0.20 points	0.30%	0.10%
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gese	IDEV +0.20 points	0.29%	0.09%
Enel	IDEV +0.20 points	0.30%	0.10%
Suncor Energy Inc	IDEV +0.20 points	0.29%	0.09%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	IDEV +0.20 points	0.29%	0.09%
Brookfield Class A	IDEV +0.19 points	0.29%	0.10%
Itochu	IDEV +0.20 points	0.29%	0.09%
Axa SA	IDEV +0.19 points	0.28%	0.09%
Investor Class B	IDEV +0.18 points	0.27%	0.09%
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA	IDEV +0.18 points	0.27%	0.09%
Barclays PLCBARC.L	IDEV +0.18 points	0.27%	0.09%
Lloyds Banking Group PLCLLOY.L	IDEV +0.18 points	0.26%	0.08%
Bae Systems PLCBA.L	IDEV +0.18 points	0.26%	0.08%
Industria De Diseno Textil SA	IDEV +0.18 points	0.26%	0.08%
Relx PLCREL.L	IDEV +0.17 points	0.25%	0.08%
Oversea-Chinese Banking	IDEV +0.17 points	0.25%	0.08%
Mitsui	IDEV +0.17 points	0.25%	0.08%
Manulife Financial	IDEV +0.17 points	0.25%	0.08%
Infineon Technologies AG	IDEV +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Barrick Mining	IDEV +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Takeda Pharmaceutical	IDEV +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Csl	IDEV +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Deutsche Boerse AG	IDEV +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Essilorluxottica SA	IDEV +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Tc Energy	IDEV +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Wesfarmers	IDEV +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Glencore PLCGLEN.L	IDEV +0.15 points	0.22%	0.07%
Natwest Group PLCNWG.L	IDEV +0.15 points	0.22%	0.07%
Canadian National Railway	IDEV +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Macquarie Group Ltd Def	IDEV +0.15 points	0.22%	0.07%
Deutsche Bank AG	IDEV +0.15 points	0.22%	0.07%

All 2,311 IDEV holdings⁠All 1,250 URTH holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

IDEV vs URTH Cost

Overpaying URTH vs IDEV

$4,110

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

IDEV 0.04%
$849
URTH 0.24%
$4,959

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

IDEV 0.04%
URTH 0.24%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	IDEV	URTH	Overpaying
10	$73	$437	$364
20	$288	$1,699	$1,411
30	$849	$4,959	$4,110

Expense ratio

0.04%IDEV, cheaper
0.24%URTH

IDEV0.04%URTH0.24%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of Developed International Core funds
Median 0.10%

IDEV 4th cheapest of 20 funds

URTH 14th cheapest of 20 funds

IDEV vs URTH Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): IDEV 3.18%, better; URTH 1.39%
Payout (12M): IDEV $2.87; URTH $2.84
Last payment: IDEV $1.34; URTH $1.34
Ex-dividend: IDEV Jun 15, 2026; URTH Jun 15, 2026
Paid on: IDEV Jun 18, 2026; URTH Jun 18, 2026
Frequency: IDEV Twice a year; URTH Twice a year

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

IDEVTwice a year · 20 paymentsAll IDEV payments⁠

URTHTwice a year · 21 paymentsAll URTH payments⁠

IDEV vs URTH Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

IDEV
URTH

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: IDEV 11.8%URTH 11.4%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: IDEV 1.26URTH 1.45, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: IDEV −29.0%URTH −26.0%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: IDEV 0.81URTH 0.96; Market = 1

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IDEV vs URTH

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How IDEV and URTH differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in IDEV

Only in URTH

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Best international ETFs: one cheap fund, then the Korea choice

Vanguard's total international fund is the one-fund pick, and Korea splits the rest

How IDEV and URTH differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in IDEV

Only in URTH

Weight gaps