Gold price history since 1970
Gold since 1970, in the dollars of each year and adjusted for inflation.
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What the data shows
- Gold price: $36 in 1970, $3.4K in 2025 (96× higher).
- In 2025 dollars: $297 in 1970, $3.4K in 2025 (12× higher).
About this chart
The US ended the dollar's link to gold in 1971, and the price was free to float. Two lines tell the story: the price people actually paid each year, and the same price in today's dollars. The 1980 spike looks small in nominal terms but rivals recent records once inflation is counted.
Yearly averages smooth out single-day highs.
The data
Source: World Bank / LBMA monthly gold price (datasets/gold-prices), yearly average US$ per troy ounce; inflation-adjusted with US CPI-U (FRED CPIAUCSL) to 2025 dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
| Date | Gold price | In 2025 dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | $36 | $297 |
| 1971 | $41 | $325 |
| 1972 | $58 | $448 |
| 1973 | $97 | $705 |
| 1974 | $159 | $1K |
| 1975 | $161 | $963 |
| 1976 | $125 | $706 |
| 1977 | $148 | $784 |
| 1978 | $193 | $953 |
| 1979 | $307 | $1.4K |
| 1980 | $608 | $2.4K |
| 1981 | $460 | $1.6K |
| 1982 | $376 | $1.3K |
| 1983 | $423 | $1.4K |
| 1984 | $360 | $1.1K |
| 1985 | $318 | $952 |
| 1986 | $368 | $1.1K |
| 1987 | $446 | $1.3K |
| 1988 | $437 | $1.2K |
| 1989 | $381 | $991 |
| 1990 | $384 | $945 |
| 1991 | $362 | $857 |
| 1992 | $344 | $789 |
| 1993 | $360 | $802 |
| 1994 | $384 | $834 |
| 1995 | $384 | $812 |
| 1996 | $388 | $796 |
| 1997 | $331 | $664 |
| 1998 | $294 | $581 |
| 1999 | $279 | $539 |
| 2000 | $279 | $522 |
| 2001 | $271 | $493 |
| 2002 | $310 | $555 |
| 2003 | $364 | $636 |
| 2004 | $409 | $697 |
| 2005 | $445 | $733 |
| 2006 | $604 | $965 |
| 2007 | $697 | $1.1K |
| 2008 | $872 | $1.3K |
| 2009 | $973 | $1.5K |
| 2010 | $1.2K | $1.8K |
| 2011 | $1.6K | $2.2K |
| 2012 | $1.7K | $2.3K |
| 2013 | $1.4K | $2K |
| 2014 | $1.3K | $1.7K |
| 2015 | $1.2K | $1.6K |
| 2016 | $1.2K | $1.7K |
| 2017 | $1.3K | $1.7K |
| 2018 | $1.3K | $1.6K |
| 2019 | $1.4K | $1.8K |
| 2020 | $1.8K | $2.2K |
| 2021 | $1.8K | $2.1K |
| 2022 | $1.8K | $2K |
| 2023 | $1.9K | $2.1K |
| 2024 | $2.4K | $2.5K |
| 2025 | $3.4K | $3.4K |
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