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Silver price history by year

Silver has averaged $72.57 per ounce in 2026 so far, compared with $17.14 in 2016 – a +323.4% change over 10 years. Our daily record starts in 1968, when silver averaged $2.19.

Silver · USD per ounce · full history

+0.00% over 1M

2026 average

$72.57

2026 high

$117.97

5-year change

+188.7%

10-year change

+323.4%

Silver price by year (USD per ounce)

YearAverageOpenCloseHighLowChange
2026$72.57$72.68$60.95$117.97$55.53-16.1%
2025$41.34$29.41$71.58$82.40$29.41+143.4%
2024$28.27$23.95$28.91$34.51$22.09+20.7%
2023$23.35$24.30$23.79$26.03$20.09-2.1%
2022$21.73$22.89$23.95$26.18$17.77+4.6%
2021$25.14$27.27$23.09$29.59$21.53-15.3%
2020$20.55$17.93$26.49$28.89$12.01+47.7%
2019$16.21$15.44$18.05$19.31$14.38+16.9%
2018$15.71$17.06$15.47$17.52$13.97-9.3%
2017$17.05$15.95$16.87$18.56$15.22+5.8%
2016$17.14$14.00$16.24$20.71$13.58+16.0%
2015$15.68$15.71$13.82$18.23$13.71-12.0%
2014$19.08$19.94$15.97$22.05$15.28-19.9%
2013$23.79$30.87$19.50$32.23$18.61-36.8%
2012$31.15$28.78$29.95$37.23$26.67+4.1%
2011$35.12$30.67$28.18$48.70$26.16-8.1%
2010$20.19$17.17$30.63$30.70$15.14+78.4%
2009$14.67$11.08$16.99$19.18$10.51+53.3%
2008$14.99$14.93$10.79$20.92$8.88-27.7%
2007$13.38$13.01$14.76$15.82$11.67+13.5%
2006$11.55$9.04$12.90$14.94$8.83+42.7%
2005$7.31$6.39$8.83$9.23$6.39+38.2%
2004$6.66$5.99$6.82$8.29$5.50+13.9%
2003$4.88$4.74$5.97$5.97$4.37+25.9%
2002$4.60$4.59$4.67$5.10$4.24+1.7%
2001$4.37$4.59$4.52$4.82$4.07-1.5%
2000$4.95$5.30$4.58$5.45$4.57-13.6%
1999$5.22$5.00$5.33$5.75$4.88+6.6%
1998$5.54$5.94$5.01$7.81$4.69-15.7%
1997$4.90$4.77$6.00$6.27$4.22+25.8%
1996$5.20$5.17$4.80$5.83$4.71-7.2%
1995$5.20$4.84$5.14$6.04$4.42+6.2%
1994$5.29$5.28$4.85$5.75$4.64-8.1%
1993$4.31$3.66$5.12$5.42$3.56+39.9%
1992$3.95$3.87$3.67$4.34$3.65-5.2%
1991$4.06$4.16$3.86$4.57$3.55-7.2%
1990$4.83$5.21$4.19$5.36$3.95-19.6%
1989$5.50$6.07$5.22$6.21$5.05-14.0%
1988$6.53$6.64$6.05$7.82$6.05-8.9%
1987$7.02$5.36$6.70$10.93$5.36+25.0%
1986$5.47$5.81$5.28$6.31$4.85-9.1%
1985$6.13$6.25$5.80$6.75$5.45-7.2%
1984$8.15$8.96$6.29$10.11$6.22-29.8%
1983$11.42$11.07$8.91$14.67$7.54-19.5%
1982$7.92$8.06$10.87$11.11$4.90+34.9%
1981$10.49$15.80$8.15$16.30$8.03-48.4%
1980$20.98$39.95$15.50$49.45$10.89-61.2%
1979$11.07$6.08$32.20$32.20$5.94+429.6%
1978$5.42$4.87$6.02$6.26$4.82+23.6%
1977$4.64$4.43$4.76$4.98$4.31+7.4%
1976$4.35$4.16$4.36$5.08$3.83+4.8%
1975$4.43$4.44$4.18$5.21$3.93-5.9%
1974$4.67$3.28$4.47$6.76$3.27+36.3%
1973$2.55$2.04$3.26$3.26$1.96+59.8%
1972$1.68$1.37$2.03$2.03$1.37+48.2%
1971$1.54$1.65$1.37$1.75$1.27-17.0%
1970$1.77$1.80$1.63$1.93$1.57-9.4%
1969$1.80$1.96$1.79$2.04$1.56-8.7%
1968$2.19$2.17$1.95$2.58$1.84-10.1%

How to read this table

Each row summarises one calendar year of daily silver prices. Open is the first available daily price of the year, close the last, and average the mean of all daily prices. High and low are the highest and lowest daily prices. Change compares close with open. Figures are in US dollars per troy ounce (31.1035 g); divide by 31.1035 for the price per gram.

Yearly averages are the fairest way to compare long periods, because a single day can be distorted by a spike. Click any year from 2000 to see its monthly averages, per-gram prices and a comparison with the previous year.

What long-term silver history tells you

Silver has been far more volatile than gold, with spikes in 1980 and 2011 followed by long declines. Its industrial use ties it to the economic cycle. Compare it with gold on the gold/silver ratio page. For local-currency context, see the live prices in EUR, GBP and INR, or read why the gold price changes.

FAQ

Silver price history FAQ

How much has the silver price changed in 10 years?
Silver averaged $17.14 per troy ounce in 2016 and $72.57 so far in 2026, a change of +323.4% in US dollar terms.
What was the best year for silver?
Measured from the first to the last trading day, the strongest year in our data was 1979, when silver rose +429.6%, from $6.08 to $32.20 per ounce.
What is the silver price high this year?
The highest daily silver price in 2026 so far is $117.97 per troy ounce, recorded on 2026-01-28. The low is $55.53 on 2026-07-16.
Where does this silver price history come from?
The history uses daily US dollar prices per troy ounce from MetalflowAPI. Yearly figures are calculated from those daily prices: open is the first day, close is the last day and average is the mean of all trading days.

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