All World ex-US Stock Market: 10-year retirement

Last Update: 31 October 2024

Do you have in mind a 10 years retirement, investing in the All World ex-US Stock Market asset class?

According to the historical returns and stats of the asset class, which has been a sustainable withdrawal rate to live off your investiment?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 10-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 7.361% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 10 years.

Considering the last 10 years (last update: October 2024), a safe withdrawal rate would have been 10.676%.

The last 10 years of the All World ex-US Stock Market asset class

Over the last 10 years (last update: October 2024), the asset class has returned 5.01% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -27.6%.

The Withdrawal Rates calculated here are annualized and refer to the initial capital (not the current!). The first month withdrawal is 1/12 of that annualized withdrawal and it's adjusted for inflation for each subsequent month.

A Perpetual Withdrawal Rate (PWR) protected the original inflation adjusted capital.

A Safe Withdrawal Rate (SWR) didn't protect the original capital, but the investment didn't run out of money during retirement. The capital went to zero exaclty at the end of the retirement period.

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Timeframes ending at Oct 2024
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
10 Years 1 Nov 2014
 31 Oct 2024 1.970 10.676 5.01
[ 2.06 ] 		-27.60
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of All World ex-US Stock Market Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at October 2024

For a complete view of the asset class and all the possible strategies, please refer to All World ex-US Stock Market page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Oct 2024)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the All World ex-US Stock Market asset class?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 10-years timeframes have been considered to calculate the withdrawal rates and their success percentage.

Legend:
SWR 100% Success
PWR 100% Capital Protection
Period: Nov 1974 - Oct 2024
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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved		 75%
Preserved		 50%
Preserved		 25%
Preserved		 0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From) 		0.000
Oct 1988 		0.126
Mar 1999 		3.482
Nov 2007 		5.421
Nov 2007 		7.361
Nov 2007
95%
 0.000
 2.040
 4.329
 6.547
 8.619
90%
 0.081
 2.445
 4.759
 6.965
 9.259
80%
 0.796
 3.077
 5.359
 7.725
 10.033
50%
Median WR 		3.429
 5.412
 7.488
 9.636
 11.752
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of All World ex-US Stock Market Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at October 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the All World ex-US Stock Market asset class, over 10 years, which would have been the success rate so far?

Simulations follow the same rules mentioned before. Withdrawals are expressed as yearly rates and refer to the initial capital. After that, withdrawal amount is monthly adjusted for inflation.

Success rates are calculated over all 10-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Nov 1974 - Oct 2024
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 Years - on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
At least 0%
Capital Preserved		 Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
95.43
65.49
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
89.19
60.91
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
80.87
56.55
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.79
75.47
48.86
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.13
69.02
44.70
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
93.56
62.79
39.71
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
86.07
56.76
34.72
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.79
78.79
49.06
31.81
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.17
73.39
44.07
30.15
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
95.63
65.90
39.50
28.90
7.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.361% 		0.00
89.81
56.76
34.72
27.44
7.50 %
99.79
0.21
83.99
49.90
31.19
26.40
8.00 %
98.96
1.04
77.34
43.66
29.73
25.57
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
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Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of All World ex-US Stock Market Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at October 2024

Related Pages

Asset Class Main Page:
All World ex-US Stock Market Asset Class

For the All World ex-US Stock Market Asset Class, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
10-Year    20-Year    30-Year   

if you want to learn more about the statistics of a specific withdrawal rate, we suggest these in particular:
2%    2.5%    3%    3.5%    4%    4.5%    5%   

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