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| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk/Return [Heading] | oef_RiskReturnHeading | Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | ||
| Objective [Heading] | oef_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective | ||
| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | oef_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock |
The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the FTSE Emerging Index.
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| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | oef_ExpenseHeading | Fund Fees and Expenses | ||
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | oef_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
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| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | oef_ShareholderFeesCaption | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) | ||
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | oef_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment) | ||
| Expense Example [Heading] | oef_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example | ||
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | oef_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
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| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | oef_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption | Expenses on a $10,000 Investment | ||
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | oef_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover | ||
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | oef_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock |
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 8% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | oef_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 8.00% | ||
| Strategy [Heading] | oef_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies | ||
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | oef_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock |
To pursue its goal, the fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the FTSE Emerging Index†. The index is comprised of large and mid capitalization companies in emerging market countries, as defined by the index provider. The index defines the large and mid capitalization universe as approximately the top 90% of the eligible universe. As of August 31, 2024, the index was composed of 2,212 stocks in 22 emerging market countries.
It is the fund’s policy that under normal circumstances it will invest at least 90% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in these stocks, including depositary receipts representing securities of the index; such depositary receipts may be in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). The fund will notify its shareholders at least 60 days before changing this policy. The fund may sell securities that are represented in the index in anticipation of their removal from the index, or buy securities that are not yet represented in the index in anticipation of their addition to the index.
Under normal circumstances, the fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities not included in the index. The principal types of these investments include those that the investment adviser believes will help the fund track the index, such as investments in (a) securities that are not represented in the index but the investment adviser anticipates will be added to the index or as necessary to reflect various corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs); (b) other investment companies; and (c) derivatives, principally futures contracts. The fund may use futures contracts and other derivatives primarily to seek returns on the fund’s otherwise uninvested cash assets to help it better track the index. The fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents, including money market funds, and may lend its securities to minimize the difference in performance that naturally exists between an index fund and its corresponding index. The fund does not hedge its exposure to foreign currencies.
Because it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the stocks in the index, the investment adviser seeks to track the total return of the index by using sampling techniques. Sampling techniques involve investing in a limited number of index securities which, when taken together, are expected to perform similarly to the index as a whole. These techniques are based on a variety of factors, including performance attributes, tax considerations, country weightings, capitalization, industry factors, risk factors and other characteristics. The fund generally expects that its portfolio
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Index ownership — FTSE is a trademark of the London Stock Exchange Group companies (LSEG) and is used by the fund under license. The Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE nor LSEG and neither FTSE nor LSEG makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in shares of the fund. Fees payable under the license are paid by the investment adviser.
will hold less than the total number of securities in the index, but reserves the right to hold as many securities as it believes necessary to achieve the fund’s investment objective.
The fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry, group of industries or sector to approximately the same extent that the index is so concentrated.
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| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | oef_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance | ||
| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | oef_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock |
The bar chart below shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compared to that
of one or more indices. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) serves as the fund’s regulatory index and provides a broad measure of market performance. The fund generally invests in securities that are included in the FTSE Emerging Index (Net). The fund does not seek to track the regulatory index. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. All figures assume distributions were reinvested. Keep in mind that future performance (both before and after taxes) may differ from past performance. For current performance information, please see
www.schwabassetmanagement.com/prospectus. |
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| Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] | oef_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns | The bar chart below shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compared to that of one or more indices. | ||
| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | oef_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | www.schwabassetmanagement.com/prospectus | ||
| Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] | oef_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture | Keep in mind that future performance (both before and after taxes) may differ from past performance. | ||
| Bar Chart [Heading] | oef_BarChartHeading | Annual Total Returns (%) as of 12/31 | ||
| Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | oef_BarChartClosingTextBlock | Best Quarter: 18.35% Q2 2020
Worst Quarter: (24.21%) Q1 2020
Year-to-date performance (before taxes) as of 9/30/24: 19.05%
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| Year to Date Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_YearToDateReturnLabel | Year-to-date performance (before taxes) | ||
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date | oef_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2024 | ||
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return | oef_BarChartYearToDateReturn | 19.05% | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Date | oef_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Jun. 30, 2020 | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return | oef_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 18.35% | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Label [Optional Text] | oef_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | oef_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Mar. 31, 2020 | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return | oef_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (24.21%) | ||
| Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, or Taxes [Text] | oef_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes | (reflects no deduction for expenses or taxes) | ||
| Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate | oef_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate | The after-tax figures reflect the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during the period and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. | ||
| Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred | oef_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred | Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-advantaged account. | ||
| Performance Table Closing [Text Block] | oef_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock |
The after-tax figures reflect the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during the period and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-advantaged account.
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| Average Annual Return, Caption [Optional Text] | oef_AverageAnnualReturnCaption | Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/23 | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Risk Lose Money [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Market Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Investment Style Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Investment Style Risk. The fund is an index fund. Therefore, the fund follows the securities included in the index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance may be below that of the index. Errors relating to the index may occur from time to time and may not be identified by the index provider for a period of time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for the fund. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Equity Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Market Capitalization Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Large-Cap Company Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Mid-Cap Company Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Mid-Cap Company Risk. Mid-cap companies may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies and the value of securities issued by these companies may move sharply. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Foreign Investment Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Foreign Investment Risk. The fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of the fund’s investments and could impair the fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Foreign securities also include ADRs, GDRs and EDRs, which may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market, and GDRs, in particular, many of which are issued by companies in emerging markets, may be more volatile. Foreign securities may also include investments in variable interest entities (VIEs) structures, which are created by China-based operating companies in jurisdictions outside of China to obtain indirect financing due to Chinese regulations that prohibit non-Chinese ownership of those companies. To the extent the fund’s investments in a single country or a limited number of countries represent a large percentage of the fund’s assets, the fund’s performance may be adversely affected by the economic, political, regulatory and social conditions in those countries, and the fund’s price may be more volatile than the price of a fund that is geographically diversified. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Emerging Markets Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements and greater risk associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result, there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with the fund’s investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Sampling Index Tracking Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Sampling Index Tracking Risk. The fund may not fully replicate the index and may hold securities not included in the index. As a result, the fund is subject to the risk that the investment adviser’s investment management strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. Because the fund utilizes a sampling approach it may not track the return of the index as well as it would if the fund purchased all of the securities in the index. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Tracking Error and Correlation Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Tracking Error and Correlation Risk. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of the index, although it may not be successful in doing so. Further, there can be no guarantee that the fund will achieve a high degree of correlation between the fund’s performance and that of its index. The correlation between the performance of the fund and that of its index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Derivatives Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Derivatives Risk. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase its volatility and cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on the fund. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Liquidity Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Securities Lending Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Concentration Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Concentration Risk. To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector, country or asset class, the fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector, country or asset class. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Market Trading Risk [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Market Trading Risk. Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV [Member] | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | oef_RiskTextBlock | Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of the fund will approximate the fund’s net asset value (NAV), there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. An investor may pay more than NAV when buying shares of the fund in the secondary market, and an investor may receive less than NAV when selling those shares in the secondary market. The market price of fund shares may deviate, sometimes significantly, from NAV during periods of market volatility or market disruption, or as a result of other factors impacting foreign securities, including liquidity, irregular trading activity and timing differences between foreign markets where securities trade and the secondary market where fund shares are sold. | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Shareholder Fee, Other | oef_ShareholderFeeOther | $ 0 | ||
| Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) | oef_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.11% | ||
| Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): | oef_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.00% | ||
| Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) | oef_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.11% | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | oef_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 11 | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 35 | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 62 | ||
| Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years | oef_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 141 | ||
| FTSE Emerging Index (Net) | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 8.64% | [1] | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 4.40% | [1] | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 3.22% | [1] | |
| MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 9.83% | [1] | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 3.69% | [1] | |
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 2.66% | [1] | |
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 1.10% | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (15.80%) | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 12.91% | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 32.03% | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (13.32%) | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 19.95% | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 14.77% | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (0.72%) | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | (17.10%) | ||
| Annual Return [Percent] | oef_AnnlRtrPct | 7.96% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 7.96% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 4.11% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 3.01% | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | After Taxes on Distributions | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 6.84% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 3.31% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 2.32% | ||
| Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | ||||
| Prospectus [Line Items] | oef_ProspectusLineItems | |||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 5.24% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 3.12% | ||
| Average Annual Return, Percent | oef_AvgAnnlRtrPct | 2.28% | ||
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