Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX)
Bonds · International · data since 2013-06-04 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.19%
7d
-0.27%
30d
-1.22%
YTD
+0.29%
1y
+1.68%
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.5 | 1.5 | -2.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -1.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -1.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| 2024 | -0.6 | -0.5 | 1.1 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -0.8 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | -1.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -1.8 | -0.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -2.2 | -3.0 | -0.7 | -1.7 | 3.2 | -3.6 | -2.9 | 0.6 | 2.4 | -2.8 |
| 2021 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.7 | -2.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| 2018 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | -1.0 | 0.9 | -0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 1.8 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -1.4 | 1.3 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | · | · | · | · | · | -1.8 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.0 | -0.6 |
| Avg | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.5% | +0.1% | -0.0% | -0.1% | +0.3% | +0.1% | +0.9% | -0.0% | -0.2% | +0.1% | +0.7% | +0.1% |
| Win rate | 62%/13 | 62%/13 | 54%/13 | 54%/13 | 69%/13 | 71%/14 | 85%/13 | 62%/13 | 46%/13 | 62%/13 | 69%/13 | 46%/13 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-16.2%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±1.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
62%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+3.43%
2023-11
Worst month
-3.61%
2022-08
Longest streaks
11▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Vanguard Total International Bond ETF
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2013. Since 2013 it has ground out +39% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2023 at +3.43%; its worst, August 2022 at -3.61%.
- It has closed July in the green 11 out of 13 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.