Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 60 recorded VT dividend payments, running from December 24, 2008 to June 18, 2026 — 19 calendar years. Together those payments total $27.88 per share. VT has most often paid quarterly.

VT has increased its payment rate for 1 consecutive complete year.

Over the last five complete years the VT payment rate compounded at +7.1% a year, and +4.6% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 19 years of recorded history, VT's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

VT is a fund, so its distribution is set from what the strategy earned in the period rather than by a board committing to a rate — payments move around by design. Only declines steeper than 25% are treated as material here, because smaller swings are routine rather than a change of policy.

VT dividends by year

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than VT's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent VT dividend payments

VT dividend history questions

How many dividends has VT paid?

DivTrkr has 60 recorded VT dividend payments between December 24, 2008 and June 18, 2026, totalling $27.88 per share across 19 calendar years.

Has VT ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 19 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the VT dividend growing?

The VT payment rate compounded at +7.1% a year over the last five complete years and +4.6% a year over the last ten.

How often does VT pay a dividend?

VT has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

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