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20 Year Treasury Yield API

The 20-year CMT par yield.

Retrieve the 20 Year Treasury yield programmatically with the Treasury Yield API. The current value is available on the full yield curve, and the complete history is available as a time series using the year_20 maturity code.

As of the latest reading, the 20 Year Treasury par yield was 5.25%. Data is sourced from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and updated every business day.

Current 20 Year yield

The 20 Year rate is included in the current yield curve from /v1/treasuryyield (field year_20 in rates):

{
  "date": "2026-08-10",
  "type": "par",
  "maturity": "year_20",
  "rate_pct": 5.25
}

Historical 20 Year yield

Get the 20 Year time series from /v1/treasuryyieldhistorical?maturity=year_20:

{
  "type": "par",
  "maturity": "year_20",
  "data": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "rate_pct": 5.23
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-06",
      "rate_pct": 5.22
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "rate_pct": 5.2
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-10",
      "rate_pct": 5.25
    }
  ]
}

Related

  • Treasury Yield API — full curve (par, real/TIPS, and bill rates) plus 2s10s / 3m10s spreads.
  • Interest Rate API — central bank policy rates and benchmark rates (SOFR, EURIBOR).
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1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/treasuryyieldhistorical?maturity=year_20" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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