S&P 500: 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: +12.9% · 36th of 99 years
S&P 500 is up 12.9% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 36th of 99 years at this point since 1928. In the median year it was up 7.7% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
S&P 500: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +12.9% |
| 2025 | +16.4% |
| 2024 | +23.3% |
| 2023 | +24.2% |
| 2022 | −19.4% |
| 2021 | +26.9% |
| 2020 | +16.3% |
| 2019 | +28.9% |
| 2018 | −6.2% |
| 2017 | +19.4% |
| 2016 | +9.5% |
| 2015 | −0.7% |
| 2014 | +11.4% |
| 2013 | +29.6% |
| 2012 | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | +12.8% |
| 2009 | +23.4% |
| 2008 | −38.5% |
| 2007 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | +13.6% |
| 2005 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | +9.0% |
| 2003 | +26.4% |
| 2002 | −23.4% |
| 2001 | −13.0% |
| 2000 | −10.1% |
| 1999 | +19.5% |
| 1998 | +26.7% |
| 1997 | +31.0% |
| 1996 | +20.3% |
| 1995 | +34.1% |
| 1994 | −1.5% |
| 1993 | +7.1% |
| 1992 | +4.5% |
| 1991 | +26.3% |
| 1990 | −6.6% |
| 1989 | +27.2% |
| 1988 | +12.4% |
| 1987 | +2.0% |
| 1986 | +14.6% |
| 1985 | +26.3% |
| 1984 | +1.4% |
| 1983 | +17.3% |
| 1982 | +14.8% |
| 1981 | −9.7% |
| 1980 | +25.8% |
| 1979 | +12.3% |
| 1978 | +1.1% |
| 1977 | −11.5% |
| 1976 | +19.1% |
| 1975 | +31.5% |
| 1974 | −29.7% |
| 1973 | −17.4% |
| 1972 | +15.6% |
| 1971 | +10.8% |
| 1970 | +0.1% |
| 1969 | −11.4% |
| 1968 | +7.7% |
| 1967 | +20.1% |
| 1966 | −13.1% |
| 1965 | +9.1% |
| 1964 | +13.0% |
| 1963 | +18.9% |
| 1962 | −11.8% |
| 1961 | +23.1% |
| 1960 | −3.0% |
| 1959 | +8.5% |
| 1958 | +38.1% |
| 1957 | −14.3% |
| 1956 | +2.6% |
| 1955 | +26.4% |
| 1954 | +45.0% |
| 1953 | −6.6% |
| 1952 | +11.8% |
| 1951 | +16.3% |
| 1950 | +21.7% |
| 1949 | +10.5% |
| 1948 | −0.6% |
| 1947 | 0.0% |
| 1946 | −11.9% |
| 1945 | +30.7% |
| 1944 | +13.8% |
| 1943 | +19.4% |
| 1942 | +12.4% |
| 1941 | −17.9% |
| 1940 | −15.1% |
| 1939 | −5.2% |
| 1938 | +24.6% |
| 1937 | −38.6% |
| 1936 | +27.9% |
| 1935 | +41.4% |
| 1934 | −4.7% |
| 1933 | +44.1% |
| 1932 | −14.8% |
| 1931 | −47.1% |
| 1930 | −28.5% |
| 1929 | −11.9% |
| 1928 | +37.9% |
| 1927 (since Dec 30) | 0.0% |