{"id":16196,"date":"2025-06-04T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=16196"},"modified":"2025-06-04T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:01:10","slug":"21-best-performing-international-etfs-ex-u-s-regional-and-single-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=16196","title":{"rendered":"21 Best-Performing International ETFs: Ex-U.S., Regional and Single-Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International stocks<\/span> have been thriving in 2025, but buying individual stocks from other countries isn\u2019t always easy. One workaround is an international stock ETF \u2014 an exchange-traded fund that does the work of researching and investing in foreign stocks for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But what kind of international ETF may be best for you? They come in a few different varieties, including global \u201cex-U.S.\u201d ETFs, continent-specific or regional ETFs, and single-country ETFs. Below, we\u2019re taking a look at the differences between these categories, and some of the best performers from each.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Top 7 best-performing ex-U.S. ETFs<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Ex-U.S. ETFs are the broadest category of international ETFs \u2014 they\u2019re funds that invest in global stocks, but exclude American stocks, hence \u201cex-U.S.\u201d Below are the seven best-performing ex-U.S. ETFs in the last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bancreek International Large Cap ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Davis Select International ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Brandes International ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Xtrackers FTSE Developed ex US Multifactor ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Dimensional International Small Cap ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Developed International ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Avantis International Equity ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Source: Finviz. Data is current as of June 2, 2025, and is intended for informational purposes only.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Top 7 best-performing regional ETFs<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Regional ETFs invest in stocks from a specific grouping of countries, such as Latin America. Many invest in stocks from a specific continent, such as Africa, Asia or Europe. Below are the seven best-performing regional ETFs in terms of one-year returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Franklin FTSE Eurozone ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Europe Equity ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Global X FTSE Southeast Asia ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Source: Finviz. Data is current as of June 2, 2025, and is intended for informational purposes only.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Top 7 best-performing single-country ETFs<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Then there are single-country ETFs, which, as their name implies, exclusively invest in stocks from a specific non-U.S. country. Below are the seven single-country ETFs with the highest one-year returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Global X MSCI Argentina ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Franklin FTSE Germany ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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iShares MSCI Singapore ETF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Source: Finviz. Data is current as of June 2, 2025, and is intended for informational purposes only, not for trading purposes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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International stocks have been thriving in 2025, but buying individual stocks from other countries isn\u2019t always easy. One workaround is an international stock ETF \u2014 an exchange-traded fund that does the work of researching and investing in foreign stocks for you. But what kind of international ETF may be best for you? They come in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[1166,172,6617,2610,1281,6618],"class_list":{"0":"post-16196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-bestperforming","9":"tag-etfs","10":"tag-exu-s","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-regional","13":"tag-singlecountry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}