Annual Performance of Gold and Silver
Gold
Annual Performance of Gold
This table shows the annual gold performance since 1971, in US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Pound Sterling (GBP), Australian Dollar (AUD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY), Japanese Yen (JPY), Swiss Franc (CHF), and Indian Rupee (INR) as well as the average yearly gold performance per year of all nine currencies and the average yearly gold performance for each currency since 1971 until today.- YEARUSDEURGBPAUDCADCNYJPYCHFINRAverage
- Average10.2%9.7%11.5%11.2%10.8%12.0%8.7%6.6%14.7%10.6%
- 2022 YTD-8.1%4.7%8.6%2.5%-1.7%3.0%14.8%-1.4%0.5%2.6%
- 2021-5.9%1.7%-3.4%1.3%-5.9%-7.9%3.4%-1.9%-3.3%-2.4%
- 202025.0%14.7%21.2%14.0%22.5%17.1%18.8%14.3%27.9%19.5%
- 201918.2%20.9%13.7%18.7%12.6%19.7%17.2%16.6%21.3%17.7%
- 2018-1.5%3.0%4.3%8.9%6.7%4.0%-4.2%-0.7%7.3%3.1%
- 201713.1%-0.8%3.2%4.6%5.9%5.9%9.0%8.2%6.2%6.1%
- 20168.5%12.1%29.6%9.4%5.3%16.0%5.4%10.2%11.3%12.0%
- 2015-10.3%-0.1%-5.2%0.6%6.7%-6.2%-9.8%-9.6%-5.8%-4.4%
- 2014-1.7%11.6%4.4%7.1%7.4%0.6%11.6%9.3%0.1%5.6%
- 2013-28.0%-30.9%-29.3%-16.0%-22.9%-30.0%-12.6%-29.8%-19.1%-24.3%
- 20127.0%5.0%2.3%5.3%4.2%5.9%20.7%4.5%11.0%7.3%
- 201110.1%13.8%10.6%9.9%12.6%5.2%4.4%10.6%30.6%12.0%
- 201029.5%38.6%34.1%13.9%22.7%25.0%13.1%16.7%24.8%24.3%
- 200924.7%21.8%12.9%-1.6%7.8%24.8%27.9%21.0%19.1%17.6%
- 20085.4%10.0%43.0%30.4%28.6%-1.5%-14.2%-0.7%30.0%14.5%
- 200730.9%18.4%29.2%17.9%11.9%22.5%22.4%21.8%16.9%21.3%
- 200623.0%10.3%8.0%14.3%23.3%19.0%24.1%14.1%20.6%17.4%
- 200518.0%35.1%31.5%25.8%14.0%15.0%35.8%36.2%22.8%26.0%
- 20045.6%-1.9%-1.7%1.5%-2.0%5.6%0.8%-3.0%0.1%0.5%
- 200319.6%-0.2%7.9%-10.7%-1.3%19.6%8.1%7.4%13.8%7.1%
- 200224.3%5.5%12.2%13.2%22.8%24.4%12.2%3.5%23.7%15.7%
- 20012.4%8.3%5.3%12.0%8.7%2.3%17.9%5.5%5.8%7.6%
- 2000-5.3%1.1%2.3%11.2%-1.8%-5.3%5.8%-4.1%1.4%0.5%
- 1999-0.1%16.1%2.0%-6.9%-5.6%-0.1%-9.8%15.5%2.3%1.4%
- 1998-0.2%-6.5%-0.6%6.0%6.7%-0.2%-13.5%-6.2%8.1%-0.7%
- 1997-21.4%-10.4%-18.3%-4.0%-18.1%-21.6%-11.5%-14.4%-14.1%-14.9%
- 1996-4.9%-3.1%-13.9%-11.1%-4.4%-5.1%6.6%10.5%-3.3%-3.2%
- 19951.1%-2.8%2.1%5.5%-1.5%-0.4%4.8%-10.8%13.3%1.2%
- 1994-2.0%-11.1%-7.6%-14.1%3.9%43.0%-12.6%-13.8%-2.0%-1.8%
- 199317.2%26.9%19.9%19.0%21.9%18.2%5.0%18.9%19.3%18.5%
- 1992-5.9%4.4%16.1%3.3%3.4%-0.9%-5.9%1.4%12.3%3.1%
- 1991-9.7%-7.7%-6.5%-8.1%-10.1%-6.1%-16.8%-3.4%28.2%-4.5%
- 1990-2.5%-15.0%-18.7%-0.5%-2.4%7.7%-8.2%-19.6%4.9%-6.0%
- 1989-1.6%-3.0%10.4%6.5%-4.3%24.8%13.2%1.0%10.5%6.4%
- 1988-15.7%-5.8%-12.1%-28.7%-22.6%-15.7%-13.0%-0.3%-0.9%-12.7%
- 198724.5%1.9%-2.1%14.7%17.0%24.5%-4.3%-2.1%21.0%10.5%
- 198618.3%-1.8%14.9%21.2%16.8%37.5%-6.9%-7.2%28.2%13.4%
- 19856.9%-14.5%-13.9%29.4%13.1%22.4%-14.8%-15.3%4.6%1.9%
- 1984-19.1%-6.5%1.2%-12.1%-14.1%14.0%-12.2%-3.5%-4.6%-6.3%
- 1983-16.5%-0.9%-6.9%-8.7%-15.4%-13.9%-17.5%-9.3%-8.9%-10.9%
- 198213.9%29.0%34.5%31.1%18.1%25.5%21.6%27.3%20.0%24.5%
- 1981-31.5%-17.7%-14.3%-28.3%-32.0%-24.2%-25.9%-30.9%-21.3%-25.1%
- 198014.4%30.0%6.4%7.2%17.0%13.7%-3.2%27.6%13.5%14.1%
- 1979126.5%117.1%107.7%135.4%123.0%113.9%180.1%123.8%120.2%127.5%
- 197837.0%22.1%28.7%35.9%48.5%24.1%10.9%11.6%37.0%28.4%
- 197722.4%15.5%8.6%16.6%32.7%18.8%0.2%-0.7%12.8%14.1%
- 1976-3.9%-2.5%14.1%11.0%-4.6%-1.1%-7.7%-10.4%-4.4%-1.0%
- 1975-24.8%-29.4%-12.8%-20.8%-22.9%-28.7%-23.8%-22.6%-17.0%-22.5%
- 197466.2%73.4%64.5%86.1%65.5%63.8%78.6%30.1%65.6%66.0%
- 197372.2%50.8%74.1%47.9%72.3%52.5%60.0%48.5%85.1%62.6%
- 197248.6%37.4%61.6%38.8%47.6%35.5%42.3%43.2%50.6%45.1%
- 197116.4%15.2%14.0%14.6%21.6%16.4%2.4%5.7%16.3%13.6%
Analysis of the Annual Performance of Gold
The best year for gold shown on this table was 1979 with an average gain across all nine currencies of 127.5%. The worst year followed just two years after with an average loss of 25.1%. Since 1971 gold has performed best in Indian rupees with an average yearly performance of 14.8% and worst in Swiss francs with a gain of 6.8%.Silver
Annual Performance of Silver
This table shows the yearly silver performance since 1971, in US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Pound Sterling (GBP), Australian Dollar (AUD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY), Japanese Yen (JPY), Swiss Franc (CHF), and Indian Rupee (INR) as well as the average yearly silver performance per year of all nine currencies and the average yearly silver performance for each currency since 1971 until today.- YEARUSDEURGBPAUDCADCNYJPYCHFINRAverage
- Average12.3%11.8%13.3%13.2%12.5%13.6%12.4%9.1%16.5%12.8%
- 2022 YTD-8.7%4.0%8.0%1.9%-2.3%2.3%14.1%-2.0%-0.1%1.9%
- 2021-13.3%-6.2%-10.9%-6.6%-13.2%-15.1%-4.6%-9.6%-10.9%-10.0%
- 202047.8%35.6%43.3%34.9%44.9%38.5%40.5%35.1%51.3%41.3%
- 201915.1%17.8%10.8%15.6%9.6%16.6%14.1%13.5%18.1%14.6%
- 2018-8.6%-4.4%-3.2%1.0%-0.9%-3.4%-11.1%-7.9%-0.4%-4.3%
- 20176.3%-6.7%-2.9%-1.6%-0.4%-0.3%2.5%1.8%0.0%-0.1%
- 201615.2%19.0%37.6%16.1%11.8%23.2%11.9%17.0%18.2%18.9%
- 2015-11.6%-1.6%-6.6%-0.8%5.1%-7.5%-11.2%-11.0%-7.2%-5.8%
- 2014-19.3%-8.3%-14.2%-11.9%-11.7%-17.3%-8.3%-10.1%-17.7%-13.2%
- 2013-35.9%-38.5%-37.1%-25.3%-31.4%-37.7%-22.2%-37.5%-28.0%-32.6%
- 20129.4%7.3%4.6%7.6%6.5%8.3%23.4%6.8%13.5%9.7%
- 2011-10.2%-7.2%-9.9%-10.4%-8.2%-14.3%-14.9%-9.8%6.4%-8.7%
- 201083.3%96.2%89.8%61.2%73.7%77.0%60.1%65.3%76.6%75.9%
- 200948.9%45.4%34.8%17.4%28.7%49.0%52.7%44.5%42.2%40.4%
- 2008-23.4%-20.1%3.8%-5.2%-6.5%-28.5%-37.7%-27.9%-5.6%-16.8%
- 200714.7%3.8%13.2%3.4%-1.8%7.3%7.3%6.7%2.4%6.3%
- 200646.0%31.0%28.3%35.7%46.4%41.3%47.4%35.5%43.2%39.4%
- 200529.7%48.5%44.6%38.3%25.3%26.4%49.3%49.7%34.9%38.5%
- 200414.5%6.2%6.5%10.0%6.2%14.4%9.2%5.0%8.5%9.0%
- 200324.5%3.8%12.4%-7.0%2.7%24.5%12.6%11.8%18.5%11.5%
- 20023.2%-12.4%-6.8%-6.0%1.9%3.2%-6.8%-14.0%2.6%-3.8%
- 20010.4%6.2%3.3%9.8%6.6%0.4%15.6%3.5%3.7%5.5%
- 2000-15.0%-9.1%-8.0%-0.1%-11.8%-15.0%-4.9%-13.9%-8.9%-9.6%
- 19997.5%25.2%9.9%0.2%1.6%7.5%-2.8%24.5%10.2%9.3%
- 1998-16.1%-21.4%-16.5%-10.8%-10.3%-16.2%-27.3%-21.2%-9.0%-16.5%
- 199725.5%43.2%30.5%53.3%30.9%25.2%41.5%36.8%37.3%36.0%
- 1996-7.9%-6.1%-16.6%-13.9%-7.4%-8.1%3.2%7.0%-6.3%-6.2%
- 19956.1%1.9%7.2%10.7%3.3%4.5%10.0%-6.4%18.9%6.2%
- 1994-4.3%-13.2%-9.7%-16.1%1.4%39.6%-14.6%-15.8%-4.3%-4.1%
- 199338.5%49.9%41.7%40.7%44.0%39.7%24.1%40.6%41.0%40.0%
- 1992-5.6%4.7%16.5%3.7%3.8%-0.6%-5.6%1.8%12.7%3.5%
- 1991-7.1%-5.0%-3.8%-5.4%-7.4%-3.3%-14.4%-0.6%32.0%-1.7%
- 1990-19.3%-29.7%-32.7%-17.6%-19.2%-10.8%-24.1%-33.5%-13.1%-22.2%
- 1989-13.6%-14.9%-3.0%-6.5%-16.1%9.5%-0.6%-11.3%-3.0%-6.6%
- 1988-9.6%0.9%-5.7%-23.5%-17.0%-9.6%-6.6%6.8%6.2%-6.4%
- 198724.9%2.2%-1.8%15.1%17.4%24.9%-3.9%-1.8%21.4%10.9%
- 1986-8.3%-23.9%-10.9%-6.0%-9.4%6.5%-27.9%-28.1%-0.6%-12.1%
- 1985-8.3%-26.7%-26.2%10.9%-3.0%4.9%-27.0%-27.3%-10.3%-12.5%
- 1984-28.9%-17.8%-10.9%-22.7%-24.5%0.2%-22.8%-15.1%-16.1%-17.6%
- 1983-17.8%-2.6%-8.4%-10.2%-16.9%-15.4%-18.9%-10.8%-10.4%-12.4%
- 198228.8%45.8%52.1%48.2%33.5%41.9%37.5%44.0%35.7%40.8%
- 1981-48.7%-38.3%-35.8%-46.2%-49.0%-43.2%-44.5%-48.2%-41.0%-43.9%
- 1980-43.8%-36.2%-47.7%-47.4%-42.6%-44.2%-52.5%-37.4%-44.2%-44.0%
- 1979374.1%354.5%334.8%392.7%366.8%347.7%486.4%368.6%360.9%376.3%
- 197826.2%12.6%18.7%25.3%36.8%14.4%2.2%2.8%26.2%18.4%
- 197710.8%4.6%-1.6%5.5%20.1%7.5%-9.2%-10.1%2.1%3.3%
- 19763.2%4.8%22.7%19.3%2.5%6.3%-0.8%-3.6%2.8%6.3%
- 1975-5.5%-11.2%9.6%-0.4%-3.0%-10.3%-4.2%-2.6%4.2%-2.6%
- 197436.7%42.6%35.3%53.0%36.1%34.7%46.8%7.0%36.2%36.5%
- 197361.1%41.1%62.9%38.4%61.2%42.7%49.7%38.9%73.2%52.1%
- 197247.1%36.0%59.9%37.3%46.1%34.1%40.9%41.7%49.1%43.6%
- 1971-16.6%-17.5%-18.3%-17.9%-12.9%-16.6%-26.6%-24.3%-16.7%-18.6%
Analysis of the Annual Performance of Silver
The best year for silver shown on this table was 1979 with an average gain across all nine currencies of 376.3%. The worst year followed just two years after with an average loss of 44.0%. Since 1971 silver has performed best in Indian rupees with an average yearly performance of 16.4% and worst in Swiss francs with a gain of 9.2%.Source: Federal Reserve St. Louis, Incrementum AG
Source: Federal Reserve St. Louis, Incrementum AG
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