{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration","section":"learn","title":"What is bond ETF duration? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median bond ETF has a duration of 4.3 years across 791 funds, and 35 have a duration of ten years or more.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration#article","headline":"What is bond ETF duration?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median bond ETF has a duration of 4.3 years across 791 funds, and 35 have a duration of ten years or more.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is bond ETF duration?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does a duration of 5 years mean?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"About a 5% fall in price if rates rise 1 point, and the reverse if they fall."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a longer duration riskier?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is more sensitive to rates, in both directions."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a rate cushion?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yield divided by duration: how far rates can rise before the year\u2019s income is gone."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is bond ETF duration?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is bond ETF duration?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median bond ETF has a duration of 4.3 years across 791 funds, and 35 have a duration of ten years or more.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1949,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is bond ETF duration? \n \n What is bond ETF duration?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, the median bond ETF has a duration of 4.3 years across 791 funds, and 35 have a duration of ten years or more.\n \n In plain words\n Duration measures how sensitive a bond fund is to interest rates. A fund with a duration of 4 years falls roughly 4% if rates rise 1 point, and rises roughly 4% if they fall 1 point. It is a rule of thumb, not a promise.\n ETFIQ computes it from each N-PORT, with a second method as a check. The median across 791 bond funds is 4.3 years: 137 under one year, 619 from one to ten and 35 ten or more. Credit quality matters too. ETFIQ also divides yield by duration for a rate cushion: how far rates can rise before a year of income is gone.\n Questions\n What does a duration of 5 years mean? About a 5% fall in price if rates rise 1 point, and the reverse if they fall.\n Is a longer duration riskier? It is more sensitive to rates, in both directions.\n What is a rate cushion? Yield divided by duration: how far rates can rise before the year\u2019s income is gone.\n Where to next\n Bonds Scores Screener: filter every ETF What is a high-yield bond ETF? What is a municipal bond ETF? What is a Treasury ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is bond ETF duration?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is bond ETF duration?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is bond ETF duration?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration Markdown [What is bond ETF duration? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration)","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/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is bond ETF duration?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-bond-etf-duration"}