Highest yield closed-end funds
These are the 100 highest-yielding closed-end funds that pass the list's filters, and CCIF leads at 47.62%. A fund's distributions can include a return of your own capital, so a high yield here says less about what the fund earns.
Data as of November 3, 2026. Yield lists need a listed, indexed ticker priced at $1 or more, at least 4 payments over at least a year, and a forward yield within 1.5x of the trailing yield. This is a reference table and not a recommendation.
| Rank | Ticker | Name | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCIF | Carlyle Credit Income Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest | 47.62% | |
| MMT | Aberdeen Multi-Market Income Fund | 40.15% | |
| GGT | THE GABELLI MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. | 25.21% | |
| CLM | Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. | 24.41% | |
| GOF | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund | 24.36% | |
| CRF | Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc | 24.30% | |
| ECAT | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust | 24.24% | |
| BCAT | BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust | 22.71% | |
| ACP | abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund | 20.68% | |
| IFN | Aberdeen India Fund, Inc. | 19.98% | |
| SRV | NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund | 19.66% | |
| NHS | Neuberger High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. | 19.64% | |
| IGR | CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund | 19.42% | |
| DMA | Destra Multi-Alternative Fund | 18.71% | |
| PDI | PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 18.31% | |
| HIX | Western Asset High Income Fund II, Inc. | 17.14% | |
| BRW | Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | 17.00% | |
| HGLB | Highland Global Allocation Fund | 16.85% | |
| EDF | Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund | 16.40% | |
| OPP | RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 15.62% | |
| EHI | Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc | 15.61% | |
| PCM | PCM Fund, Inc. | 15.57% | |
| GDO | Western Asset Global Corporate Opportunity Fund Inc. | 15.35% | |
| RIV | RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. Common Stock | 15.32% | |
| EIC | Eagle Point Income Company | 15.28% | |
| FAX | abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc | 15.27% | |
| WDI | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund | 15.26% | |
| DMO | Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Inc. | 14.84% | |
| TEI | Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund | 14.77% | |
| KIO | KKR INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND | 14.73% | |
| FRA | Blackrock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. | 14.66% | |
| BGT | BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust | 14.56% | |
| NXG | NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund | 14.47% | |
| PFL | PIMCO Income Strategy Fund | 14.45% | |
| TYG | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. | 14.40% | |
| VVR | Invesco Senior Income Trust | 14.31% | |
| JRI | NUVEEN REAL ASSET INCOME AND GROWTH FUND | 14.23% | |
| PGZ | PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND | 14.22% | |
| NRO | Neuberger Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc. | 14.18% | |
| VGI | VIRTUS GLOBAL MULTI-SECTOR INCOME FUND | 14.16% | |
| PHK | PIMCO High Income Fund | 14.12% | |
| BWG | BrandywineGLOBAL Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. | 13.97% | |
| PCF | High Income Securities Fund | 13.89% | |
| PFN | PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II | 13.85% | |
| DSU | Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. | 13.73% | |
| AWP | abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund | 13.72% | |
| PAXS | PIMCO Access Income Fund | 13.70% | |
| AIO | Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund | 13.55% | |
| FTF | Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust Common Shrs. of Beneficial Interest | 13.54% | |
| JQC | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund | 13.45% | |
| DSL | DOUBLELINE INCOME SOLUTIONS FUND | 13.44% | |
| MCN | XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund | 13.33% | |
| JFR | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund | 13.26% | |
| PTY | PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 13.18% | |
| EDD | Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. | 13.14% | |
| BIT | BLACKROCK MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST | 13.12% | |
| AVK | Advent Convertible and Income Fund | 13.09% | |
| PDO | PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund | 13.02% | |
| HIO | Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 12.99% | |
| AGD | abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund | 12.89% | |
| ASGI | abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund | 12.58% | |
| NPCT | Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund | 12.57% | |
| HQL | abrdn Life Sciences Investors | 12.46% | |
| PCN | PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund | 12.45% | |
| SABA | Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | 12.43% | |
| VLT | Invesco High Income Trust II | 12.33% | |
| AOD | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund | 12.33% | |
| GCV | The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund, Inc. | 12.24% | |
| EMD | Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc | 12.17% | |
| RA | Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. | 11.94% | |
| HYT | BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD FUND INC. | 11.88% | |
| HYI | Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. | 11.85% | |
| HQH | abrdn Healthcare Investors | 11.77% | |
| IAF | abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. | 11.70% | |
| BLW | Blackrock Limited Duration Income Trust | 11.68% | |
| GLO | Clough Global Opportunities Fund | 11.63% | |
| GLV | Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund | 11.63% | |
| GBAB | Guggenheim Taxable Municipal Bond & Investment Grade Debt Trust | 11.62% | |
| BGH | Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund | 11.62% | |
| THQ | abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund | 11.61% | |
| FTHY | First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund | 11.59% | |
| ARDC | ARES DYNAMIC CREDIT ALLOCATION FUND, INC. | 11.56% | |
| GHY | PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. | 11.55% | |
| RSF | RiverNorth Capital and Income Fund, Inc. | 11.53% | |
| HPF | John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II | 11.48% | |
| FINS | Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust | 11.48% | |
| GAB | The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. | 11.45% | |
| GLQ | Clough Global Equity Fund | 11.38% | |
| HPS | John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III | 11.21% | |
| NIE | Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund | 11.21% | |
| LGI | Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund | 11.20% | |
| GUT | GABELLI UTILITY TRUST | 11.19% | |
| USA | Liberty All-Star Equity Fund | 11.19% | |
| DHY | UBS Asset Management High Yield Credit Fund | 11.18% | |
| HPI | John Hancock Preferred Income Fund | 11.16% | |
| JLS | Nuveen Mortgage and Income Fund | 11.12% | |
| NPFD | Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund | 11.05% | |
| AEF | abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. | 11.00% | |
| ACV | Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund | 10.97% | |
| THW | abrdn World Healthcare Fund | 10.97% |