ETF comparison
BNDX vs IAGG
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
4,360 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IAGG would leave roughly 48.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs IAGG.
Top shared holdings
4,360 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In IAGG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.35% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.30% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.26% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 5 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.24% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.27% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 7 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.37% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.33% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.21% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in BNDX
2,458 total- Bundesschatzanweisungen 0.28%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.23%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.19%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.18%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.13%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.13%
- Japan Government Five Year Bond 0.13%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.11%
- Republic of Poland Government Bond 0.10%
- Canadian Government Bond 0.10%
Only in IAGG
3,767 total- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.76%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.53%
- Bundesobligation 0.43%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.35%
- AGRICUL DEV BANK CHINA 0.22%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.21%
- U.K. Gilts 0.21%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.20%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.19%
- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK CHINA 0.18%
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- BNDX vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 42.7%
- BNDX vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 8.6%
- BNDX vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 5.8%
- BNDX vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 2.1%
- BNDX vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 0.9%
- BNDX vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.4%
More comparisons with IAGG
- IAGG vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 37.6%
- IAGG vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 10.0%
- IAGG vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 6.2%
- IAGG vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- IAGG vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IAGG vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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