Best for benchmark breadth
The United States usually wins for breadth, liquidity, and the number of dividend-growth names available.
Compare the five main launch markets by current yield, long-run yield profile, and how each one tends to serve income investors.
This page helps readers separate raw yield from real fit. A market with a higher benchmark yield is not automatically better. The best market depends on whether you care most about income today, dividend growth, sector diversification, or a smoother emotional ride through stress.
| Metric | Current yield | 10Y average | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5.18% current yield | 6.26% 10Y average | n/a |
| Singapore | 3.93% current yield | 4.35% 10Y average | n/a |
| Australia | 3.56% current yield | 4.05% 10Y average | n/a |
| United Kingdom | 3.25% current yield | 4.20% 10Y average | n/a |
| United States | 1.19% current yield | 1.36% 10Y average | n/a |
The United States usually wins for breadth, liquidity, and the number of dividend-growth names available.
Australia, the United Kingdom, and Singapore usually offer stronger benchmark income than the U.S., though each gets there in a different way.
Brazil often leads on benchmark yield, but the risk budget is meaningfully different from the developed-market group.