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AFL Dividend History

Aflac Incorporated · every payment since 1984

As of Oct 8, 2026, Aflac Incorporated (AFL) has paid 169 dividends since 1984. The most recent was $0.6100 per share (ex-date Aug 19, 2026, paid Sep 1, 2026). Over the last 12 months AFL paid $2.4100 across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 2.14%. The average of the last 2 regular payments is +2.5% versus the 2 before.

Latest dividend

$0.6100

Last ex-date

Aug 19, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$2.41

Trailing yield

2.14%

Frequency

Quarterly

Growth streak

41 yrs

Key facts: AFL dividend history

Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data

  • As of Oct 8, 2026, SmarterDividends has 169 dividend payments on record for Aflac Incorporated (AFL), going back to 1984.
  • AFL's most recent dividend was $0.61 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Aug 19, 2026 and a pay date of Sep 1, 2026.
  • In the 12 months to Oct 8, 2026, AFL paid $2.41 per share in dividends across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 2.14%.
  • AFL's most recent dividend increase took effect with the Feb 18, 2026 ex-date, a 5.2% rise to $0.61 per share.
  • AFL's most recent dividend cut took effect with the Feb 4, 1986 ex-date, a 16.7% reduction to $0.0025 per share.
  • AFL paid $2.32 per share in dividends in calendar year 2025, up 16.0% from 2024.
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SmarterDividends, "AFL Dividend History: Every Payment, Dates & Yield," updated Oct 8, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/AFL/dividend-history

Dividends versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

2.15%

of price a year ago

Price change

+0.8%

$111.90 → $112.74

Approx. total return

+2.9%

before taxes

Total return adds dividends received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

AFL dividends per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent dividend amounts

Last 24 regular payments, per share

AFL dividend history by year

YearPaymentsTotal per shareChange
2026year to date3$1.8300—
20254$2.3200+16.0%
20244$2.0000+19.0%
20234$1.6800+5.0%
20224$1.6000+21.2%
20214$1.3200+17.9%
20204$1.1200+3.7%
20194$1.0800+3.8%
20184$1.0400+19.5%
20174$0.8700+4.8%
20164$0.8300+5.1%
20154$0.7900+5.3%
20144$0.7500+5.6%
20134$0.7100+6.0%
20124$0.6700+8.9%
20114$0.6150+7.9%
20104$0.5700+1.8%
20094$0.5600+16.7%
20084$0.4800+20.0%
20074$0.4000+45.5%
20064$0.2750+25.0%
20054$0.2200+15.8%
20044$0.1900+26.7%
20034$0.1500+30.4%
20024$0.1150+19.5%
20014$0.0963+16.7%
20004$0.0825+13.8%
19994$0.0725+14.9%
19984$0.0631+13.5%
19974$0.0556+15.1%
19964$0.0483+14.9%
19954$0.0421+13.5%
19944$0.0371+14.7%
19934$0.0323+12.8%
19924$0.0287+16.2%
19914$0.0247+12.1%
19904$0.0220+13.8%
19894$0.0193+16.0%
19884$0.0167+11.1%
19874$0.0150+16.9%
19864$0.0128+20.3%
19854$0.0107+115.9%
19842timing$0.0049—

Every AFL dividend

47 raises · 2 cuts · 0 specials
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountChangeType
Aug 19, 2026Sep 1, 2026$0.6100+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 2026Jun 1, 2026$0.6100+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 18, 2026Mar 2, 2026$0.6100+5.2%Raise
Nov 19, 2025Dec 1, 2025$0.5800+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 20, 2025Sep 2, 2025$0.5800+0.0%Unchanged
May 21, 2025Jun 2, 2025$0.5800+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 19, 2025Mar 3, 2025$0.5800+16.0%Raise
Nov 20, 2024Dec 2, 2024$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 21, 2024Sep 2, 2024$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
May 21, 2024Jun 3, 2024$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 20, 2024Mar 1, 2024$0.5000+19.0%Raise
Nov 14, 2023Dec 1, 2023$0.4200+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 22, 2023Sep 1, 2023$0.4200+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 2023Jun 1, 2023$0.4200+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2023Mar 1, 2023$0.4200+5.0%Raise
Nov 15, 2022Dec 1, 2022$0.4000+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 23, 2022Sep 1, 2022$0.4000+0.0%Unchanged
May 17, 2022Jun 1, 2022$0.4000+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 15, 2022Mar 1, 2022$0.4000+21.2%Raise
Nov 16, 2021Dec 1, 2021$0.3300+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 17, 2021Sep 1, 2021$0.3300+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2021Jun 1, 2021$0.3300+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 16, 2021Mar 1, 2021$0.3300+17.9%Raise
Nov 17, 2020Dec 1, 2020$0.2800+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 2020Sep 1, 2020$0.2800+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 2020Jun 1, 2020$0.2800+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 18, 2020Mar 2, 2020$0.2800+3.7%Raise
Nov 19, 2019Dec 2, 2019$0.2700+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 20, 2019Sep 3, 2019$0.2700+0.0%Unchanged
May 21, 2019Jun 3, 2019$0.2700+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 19, 2019Mar 1, 2019$0.2700+3.8%Raise
Nov 20, 2018Dec 3, 2018$0.2600+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 21, 2018Sep 1, 2018$0.2600+0.0%Unchanged
May 22, 2018Jun 1, 2018$0.2600+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 20, 2018Mar 1, 2018$0.2600+15.6%Raise
Nov 14, 2017Dec 1, 2017$0.2250+4.7%Raise
Aug 21, 2017Sep 1, 2017$0.2150+0.0%Unchanged
May 22, 2017Jun 1, 2017$0.2150+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2017Mar 1, 2017$0.2150+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2016Dec 1, 2016$0.2150+4.9%Raise
Aug 22, 2016Sep 1, 2016$0.2050+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 2016Jun 1, 2016$0.2050+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2016Mar 1, 2016$0.2050+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 16, 2015Dec 1, 2015$0.2050+5.1%Raise
Aug 17, 2015Sep 1, 2015$0.1950+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2015Jun 1, 2015$0.1950+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2015Mar 2, 2015$0.1950+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 17, 2014Dec 1, 2014$0.1950+5.4%Raise
Aug 18, 2014Sep 2, 2014$0.1850+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 2014Jun 2, 2014$0.1850+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2014Mar 3, 2014$0.1850+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 2013Dec 2, 2013$0.1850+5.7%Raise
Aug 19, 2013Sep 3, 2013$0.1750+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 2013Jun 3, 2013$0.1750+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2013Mar 1, 2013$0.1750+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 9, 2012Dec 3, 2012$0.1750+6.1%Raise
Aug 13, 2012Sep 4, 2012$0.1650+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2012Jun 1, 2012$0.1650+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2012Mar 1, 2012$0.1650+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2011Dec 1, 2011$0.1650+10.0%Raise
Aug 15, 2011Sep 1, 2011$0.1500+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 2011Jun 1, 2011$0.1500+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2011Mar 1, 2011$0.1500+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 15, 2010Dec 1, 2010$0.1500+7.1%Raise
Aug 16, 2010Sep 1, 2010$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
May 17, 2010Jun 1, 2010$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2010Mar 1, 2010$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 16, 2009Dec 1, 2009$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 17, 2009Sep 1, 2009$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2009Jun 1, 2009$0.1400+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2009Mar 2, 2009$0.1400+16.7%Raise
Nov 17, 2008Dec 1, 2008$0.1200+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 2008Sep 2, 2008$0.1200+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 2008Jun 2, 2008$0.1200+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 15, 2008Mar 3, 2008$0.1200+17.1%Raise
Nov 14, 2007Dec 3, 2007$0.1025+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 15, 2007Sep 4, 2007$0.1025+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 2007Jun 1, 2007$0.1025+10.8%Raise
Feb 14, 2007Mar 1, 2007$0.0925+15.6%Raise
Nov 15, 2006Dec 1, 2006$0.0800+23.1%Raise
Aug 16, 2006Sep 1, 2006$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
May 17, 2006Jun 1, 2006$0.0650+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 15, 2006Mar 1, 2006$0.0650+18.2%Raise
Nov 16, 2005Dec 1, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 17, 2005Sep 1, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 2005Jun 1, 2005$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 16, 2005Mar 1, 2005$0.0550+15.8%Raise
Nov 9, 2004Dec 1, 2004$0.0475+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2004Sep 1, 2004$0.0475+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 2004Jun 1, 2004$0.0475+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2004Mar 1, 2004$0.0475+18.8%Raise
Nov 10, 2003Dec 1, 2003$0.0400+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 2003Sep 2, 2003$0.0400+14.3%Raise
May 13, 2003Jun 2, 2003$0.0350+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2003Mar 3, 2003$0.0350+16.7%Raise
Nov 12, 2002Dec 2, 2002$0.0300+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2002Sep 3, 2002$0.0300+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2002Jun 3, 2002$0.0300+20.0%Raise
Feb 12, 2002Mar 1, 2002$0.0250+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2001Dec 3, 2001$0.0250+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2001Sep 4, 2001$0.0250+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 2001Jun 1, 2001$0.0250+17.6%Raise
Feb 13, 2001Mar 1, 2001$0.0213+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2000Dec 1, 2000$0.0213+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 15, 2000Sep 1, 2000$0.0213+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 2000Jun 1, 2000$0.0213+13.3%Raise
Feb 15, 2000Mar 1, 2000$0.0188+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 16, 1999Dec 1, 1999$0.0188+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 17, 1999Sep 1, 1999$0.0188+0.0%Unchanged
May 18, 1999Jun 1, 1999$0.0188+15.4%Raise
Feb 16, 1999Mar 1, 1999$0.0163+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 17, 1998Dec 1, 1998$0.0163+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 18, 1998Sep 1, 1998$0.0163+0.0%Unchanged
May 19, 1998Jun 1, 1998$0.0163+13.0%Raise
Feb 17, 1998Mar 2, 1998$0.0144+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 1997Dec 1, 1997$0.0144+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 19, 1997Sep 2, 1997$0.0144+0.0%Unchanged
May 20, 1997Jun 2, 1997$0.0144+15.0%Raise
Feb 18, 1997Mar 3, 1997$0.0125+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 1996Dec 2, 1996$0.0125+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 1996Sep 3, 1996$0.0125+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 1996Jun 3, 1996$0.0125+15.4%Raise
Feb 14, 1996Mar 1, 1996$0.0108+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 15, 1995Dec 1, 1995$0.0108+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 16, 1995Sep 1, 1995$0.0108+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 1995Jun 1, 1995$0.0108+13.0%Raise
Feb 13, 1995Mar 1, 1995$0.0096+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 1994Dec 1, 1994$0.0096+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 15, 1994Sep 1, 1994$0.0096+0.0%Unchanged
May 16, 1994Jun 1, 1994$0.0096+15.0%Raise
Feb 14, 1994Mar 1, 1994$0.0083+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 5, 1993Dec 1, 1993$0.0083+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 9, 1993Sep 1, 1993$0.0083+0.0%Unchanged
May 10, 1993Jun 1, 1993$0.0083+13.6%Raise
Feb 8, 1993Mar 1, 1993$0.0073+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 6, 1992Dec 1, 1992$0.0073+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 10, 1992Sep 1, 1992$0.0073+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 1992Jun 1, 1992$0.0073+10.0%Raise
Feb 10, 1992Mar 2, 1992$0.0067+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 8, 1991Dec 2, 1991$0.0067+11.1%Raise
Aug 12, 1991Sep 3, 1991$0.0060+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 1991Jun 3, 1991$0.0060+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 1991Mar 1, 1991$0.0060+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 9, 1990Dec 3, 1990$0.0060+12.5%Raise
Aug 13, 1990Sep 4, 1990$0.0053+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 1990Jun 1, 1990$0.0053+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 1990Mar 1, 1990$0.0053+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 1989Dec 1, 1989$0.0053+14.3%Raise
Aug 14, 1989Sep 1, 1989$0.0047+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 1989Jun 1, 1989$0.0047+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 1989Mar 1, 1989$0.0047+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 1988Dec 1, 1988$0.0047+16.7%Raise
Aug 8, 1988Sep 1, 1988$0.0040+0.0%Unchanged
May 9, 1988Jun 1, 1988$0.0040+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 8, 1988Mar 1, 1988$0.0040+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 9, 1987Dec 1, 1987$0.0040+9.1%Raise
Aug 10, 1987Sep 1, 1987$0.0037+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 1987Jun 1, 1987$0.0037+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 9, 1987Mar 2, 1987$0.0037+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 1986—$0.0037+10.0%Raise
Aug 11, 1986—$0.0033+0.0%Unchanged
May 9, 1986—$0.0033+33.3%Raise
Feb 4, 1986—$0.0025-16.7%Cut
Nov 8, 1985—$0.0030+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 9, 1985—$0.0030+50.0%Raise
May 9, 1985—$0.0020-25.0%Cut
Feb 8, 1985—$0.0027+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 22, 1984—$0.0027+17.3%Raise
Aug 9, 1984—$0.0023—First

AFL dividend history — FAQ

How much is AFL's dividend?

As of Oct 8, 2026, AFL's most recent dividend was $0.6100 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Aug 19, 2026 and a pay date of Sep 1, 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.4100 per share across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 2.14%.

How often does AFL pay a dividend?

Aflac Incorporated pays on a quarterly schedule. It made 4 payments in the last 12 months and 4 in 2025.

When is AFL's next dividend?

AFL's next ex-dividend date has not been announced yet. Based on its quarterly schedule, the next payment follows the pattern in the table above.

Has AFL ever cut its dividend?

Yes. Our payment-by-payment record shows 2 regular payments lower than the one before it.

How much did AFL pay in dividends in 2025?

AFL paid $2.3200 per share across 4 payments in 2025, up 16.0% from 2024.

What was AFL's total return including dividends over the last year?

Over the 12 months to Oct 8, 2026, AFL paid $2.4100 per share, 2.15% of its price a year earlier, while its price moved +0.8%. That is an approximate total return of +2.9% before taxes and reinvestment.

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