iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

EEM Dividend History

Every recorded EEM distribution with its ex-dividend date, pay date and amount. EEM has paid $0.7633 per share over the last twelve months — a trailing yield of 1.13%.

Semi-annual21 distributionsLatest ex-date December 16, 2025
Trailing 12M
$0.7633
per share, actual payments
TTM Yield
1.13%
at $67.84
Latest Payment
$0.7633
semi-annual
Next Ex-Date
--
not yet announced

EEM Dividends by Year

Total distributions per share each calendar year, with the number of payments. The current year is partial.

2025
$1.21492
2024
$1.01722
2023
$1.05822
2022
$0.94622
2021
$0.97363
2020
$0.74922
2019
$0.97412
2018
$0.87372
2017
$0.19171
2016
$0.66222

Full EEM Distribution History

All 21 recorded EEM payments, newest first. The ex-dividend date is the ownership cutoff; the pay date is when the cash arrives.

Ex-Dividend DatePay DateAmountType
2025-12-162025-12-19$0.7633Regular
2025-06-162025-06-20$0.4516Regular
2024-12-172024-12-20$0.7274Regular
2024-06-112024-06-17$0.2899Regular
2023-12-202023-12-27$0.748Regular
2023-06-072023-06-13$0.3101Regular
2022-12-132022-12-19$0.5843Regular
2022-06-092022-06-15$0.3619Regular
2021-12-302022-01-05$0.026Regular
2021-12-132021-12-17$0.7068Regular
2021-06-102021-06-16$0.2408Regular
2020-12-142020-12-18$0.5189Regular
2020-06-152020-06-19$0.2303Regular
2019-12-162019-12-20$0.6627Regular
2019-06-172019-06-21$0.3114Regular
2018-12-182018-12-24$0.5838Regular
2018-06-192018-06-25$0.2899Regular
2017-12-192017-12-26$0.6965unknown
2017-06-202017-06-26$0.1917Regular
2016-12-212016-12-28$0.3962Regular
2016-06-222016-06-28$0.266Regular

EEM Dividend FAQ

How much does EEM pay per share?

EEM most recently paid $0.7633 per share, with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-16 and a pay date of 2025-12-19. It distributes on a semi-annual schedule.

What is EEM's dividend yield?

EEM has paid $0.7633 per share over the last twelve months, a trailing yield of about 1.13%. In 2025 it paid $1.2149 across 2 distributions. Yield is calculated from past distributions and is not a forecast.

How often does EEM pay dividends?

Semi-annual. So far in 2025 it has made 2 distributions. The ex-dividend date is the cutoff: you must own the shares before it to receive that payment.

How far back does EEM's dividend history go?

This page lists every recorded distribution for EEM, 21 payments running from 2016 to the present.

Distribution data from the fund’s published payment record. Yields are calculated from distributions already paid and are not a forecast. This page is information, not investment advice; see our disclaimer.