Global map showing countries in blue tones which are part of GEIS as of July 2025. Countries are divided into developed, advanced emerging, and secondary emerging markets (from dark to lighter blue tone). Countries not in GEIS are marked in gray.
The FTSE Global Equity Index Series is a series of stock market indices provided by FTSE Group. It was launched in September 2003, and provides coverage of over 17,000 stocks in 48 countries, covering 98% of the world's investable market capitalization.[1]
This index has been calculated since 31 December 1986, originally as the FT-Actuaries World Index.[3][5]
In 1995, Wood Mackenzie and Co., one of the original partners, sold its stake to Standard & Poor’s. The name of the index was changed to FT/S&P – Actuaries World Indices.
On 29 November 1999, FTSE International Limited acquired the stakes of Goldman Sachs and Standard & Poor’s. The name changed to the FTSE World Index series.
FTSE took exclusive rights to integrate the Baring Emerging Markets data series with its existing FTSE World Index series. This resulted in the creation of the FTSE All-World Index series on 30 June, 2000.[3]
On 22 September, 2003, FTSE introduced enhancements to improve the coverage of mid cap stocks in the index and remove some smaller stocks.
Countries/Regions
Global map with all countries in blue that were part of the FTSE All-World Index as of July 2025
The FTSE All-World Index includes companies from nearly 50 countries. Due to the market capitalization weighting and as of July 2025, the US-based companies together cover more than 60% of the index weight (see pie chart).
Country breakdown of FTSE All-World Index as of July 2025. The Other category subsumes multiple countries with weights smaller than 2%.
USA (63.7%)
Japan (5.54%)
UK (3.38%)
China (3.37%)
Canada (2.44%)
France (2.34%)
Germany (2.19%)
Taiwan (2.05%)
Switzerland (2.04%)
India (2.02%)
Other (11.0%)
The index currently covers the following countries/regions:[4]
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UAE
UK
USA
Total annual returns
Gross year-on-year return (%) for each calendar year (in US dollars)[6][4]
Year
FTSE All-World Index
FTSE Developed Index
FTSE Emerging Index
2012
17.1
17.0
17.9
2013
23.3
26.8
-3.5
2014
4.8
5.1
1.6
2015
-1.7
-0.3
-15.2
2016
8.6
8.2
13.5
2017
24.6
23.9
32.5
2018
-9.1
-8.6
-13.0
2019
27.2
28.0
20.6
2020
16.6
16.7
15.5
2021
18.9
21.4
0.1
2022
-17.7
-17.8
-16.9
2023
22.6
24.2
9.1
2024
17.7
18.2
12.8
Sector representation
ICB Supersector Breakdown in All-World Index as of July 2025. Other category subsuming multiple supersectors with weight smaller than 3%
Technology (30.4%)
Industrial Goods and Services (11.8%)
Health Care (8.25%)
Banks (7.93%)
Retailers (5.79%)
Financial Services (4.91%)
Energy (3.77%)
Insurance (3.10%)
Other (24.1%)
The ICB breakdown is shown here in the pie chart, with technology being the biggest sector with about 30% formed by 428 constituents as of July 2025.[4]
Top 10 Constituents by index weight
The top 10 constituents of the FTSE All-World Index as of July 2025 are mostly US-based big tech companies. Taken together, these 10 make up more than 20% of the total index weight.
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