iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF drawdown: 11.8% below the all-time high (price)
IShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF is 11.8% below its all-time high, set Oct 31, 2007 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −11.8%
- 88.2% of ATH
- All-time high
- $54.44
- Oct 31, 2007
- Time below the high
- 19.0 yrs
- since Oct 31, 2007
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −66.9%
- Mar 9, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 19.0 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 13, 2006
- 19.8 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Aug 21, 2007
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1996: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −66.9% | 16 mo | not yet | 19.0 yrs+ |
| Apr 27, 1999 | Mar 12, 2003 | −54.2% | 3.9 yrs | Oct 25, 2006 | 7.5 yrs |
| Apr 14, 1998 | Oct 5, 1998 | −25.6% | 6 mo | Mar 11, 1999 | 11 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1996: how far iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF is currently 11.8% below its all-time high, set Oct 31, 2007 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1996) took iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 66.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from EWU; no free deep history exists for iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.