{"url":"https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short","section":"bonds","title":"Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17 | ETFIQ","description":"17 Short-term government bond ETFs placed by ETFIQ from their own filings, each with one-year return, its gap to the US bond market (AGG)","as_of":"Oct 2, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17","numberOfItems":17,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"VGSH","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vgsh"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SHY","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/shy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IEI","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/iei"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"SCHO","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/scho"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"SPTS","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/spts"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"IBTI","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ibti"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"IBTJ","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ibtj"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"IBTK","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ibtk"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"name":"AGZ","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/agz"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"name":"FTSD","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ftsd"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"name":"XTWO","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/xtwo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":12,"name":"XTRE","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/xtre"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":13,"name":"BBSB","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/bbsb"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":14,"name":"SLDR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/sldr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":15,"name":"USSH","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ussh"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":16,"name":"GOVM","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/govm"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":17,"name":"ZCBA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/zcba"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bond ETFs","item":"https://etfiq.com/bonds/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Short-term government","item":"https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17","description":"17 Short-term government bond ETFs placed by ETFIQ from their own filings, each with one-year return, its gap to the US bond market (AGG), fee and net assets, as of Oct 2, 2026. ETFIQ makes no recommendations.","url":"https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/","dateModified":"2026-10-02","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3714,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Bond ETFs / Short-term government \n \n Rebuilt every trading night. Figures as of Oct 2, 2026 .\n Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17\n All 719 funds High yield 80 Corporate bond 65 Cash and ultrashort 62 Short-term bond 58 Municipal, national, long 38 Municipal, national, short 37 Intermediate core-plus bond 36 Securitized, focused 30 Intermediate core bond 28 Municipal, national, intermediate 27 Intermediate-term government 22 Long-term government 21 Preferred stock 21 Municipal high yield 19 Emerging-markets bond 17 Inflation-protected 17 Short-term government 17 Global bond 15 Multisector bond 15 Short-term inflation-protected 15 Bank loans 14 Securitized, diversified 14 Government mortgage-backed 10 Long-term bond 7 Emerging-markets local-currency bond 6 Municipal, California, long 5 Municipal, New York, long 5 Convertibles 4 Global bond, dollar-hedged 4 17 short-term government bond ETFs, placed by ETFIQ from each fund\u2019s own filings. At least 90% of the bonds backed by the U.S. government or its agencies, with a short duration. Each is listed with its one-year return, its gap to the US bond market (AGG), its fee and its net assets.\n Every short-term government bond ETF, largest first\n 17 Short-term government bond ETFs, largest first, as of Oct 2, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Ticker Fund Tracks Total return 1Y vs US bonds (AGG) 1Y Fee Net assets \n VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Short-Term Treasury +1.6% +3.8 pts 0.03% $35.1bn \n SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1-3 Year Treasury Bond +1.4% +3.6 pts 0.15% $26.6bn \n IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 3-7 Year Treasury Bond \u22121.8% +0.4 pts 0.15% $16.8bn \n SCHO Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.6% +3.8 pts 0.03% $13.0bn \n SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.6% +3.8 pts 0.03% $7.2bn \n IBTI iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.5% +3.7 pts 0.07% $2.1bn \n IBTJ iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ +0.2% +2.4 pts 0.07% $1.5bn \n IBTK iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ \u22121.1% +1.1 pts 0.07% $1.1bn \n AGZ iShares Agency Bond ETF not read by ETFIQ +0.1% +2.2 pts 0.20% $636m \n FTSD Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF No index (active) +2.0% +4.2 pts 0.25% $328m \n XTWO BondBloxx Bloomberg Two Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.4% +3.5 pts 0.05% $206m \n XTRE BondBloxx Bloomberg Three Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF not read by ETFIQ \u22120.1% +2.0 pts 0.05% $164m \n BBSB JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Treasury Bond 1-3 Year ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.5% +3.7 pts 0.04% $55m \n SLDR Global X Short-Term Treasury Ladder ETF not read by ETFIQ +1.8% +4.0 pts 0.12% $37m \n USSH WisdomTree 1-3 Year Laddered Treasury Fund not read by ETFIQ +1.4% +3.5 pts 0.15% $23m \n GOVM iShares 1-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF not read by ETFIQ not published not available 0.05% $5m \n ZCBA Global X Zero Coupon Bond 2030 ETF not read by ETFIQ not published not available 0.07% $989,088 \n\n Where to next\n Stock ETFs Commodity ETFs Every core fund Head to head Rankings Every issuer How each fund is placed \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17, data as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/ Free to use with attribution ; the underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17, data as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 2, 2026). Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/ Markdown [Short-term government bond ETFs: all 17 (ETFIQ, Oct 2, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","citation":"ETFIQ, as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/bonds/government-short"}