Silver: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: −18.4% · 23rd of 26 years
Silver is down 18.4% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 23rd of 26 years at this point since 2001. In the median year it was up 7.3% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Silver: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | −18.4% |
| 2025 | +142.3% |
| 2024 | +21.3% |
| 2023 | −0.0% |
| 2022 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | −11.4% |
| 2020 | +47.7% |
| 2019 | +15.5% |
| 2018 | −9.5% |
| 2017 | +7.1% |
| 2016 | +15.7% |
| 2015 | −11.5% |
| 2014 | −19.5% |
| 2013 | −35.9% |
| 2012 | +8.2% |
| 2011 | −9.8% |
| 2010 | +83.7% |
| 2009 | +49.3% |
| 2008 | −23.8% |
| 2007 | +15.4% |
| 2006 | +45.3% |
| 2005 | +29.6% |
| 2004 | +14.3% |
| 2003 | +24.0% |
| 2002 | +4.8% |
| 2001 | −0.1% |
| 2000 (since Aug 30) | −7.0% |