Silver price history
Every daily silver close since 1968, summarised by year with the all-time high, and available to download as CSV.
Silver’s all-time high close is $118.45 per troy ounce on 2026-01-29. The series starts in 1968 at $2.17, and its lowest close since then was $1.27 in 1971. The live price is $67.20, 43.3% below that record.
- First close (1968)
- $2.17
- Lowest close (1971)
- $1.27
- Live price
- $67.20
- Below all-time high
- 43.3%
Silver price since 1968
Download CSVDaily closes, USD per troy ounce · thinned to 993 points for display; the CSV has every day.
Silver price by year
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $74.22 | $118.45 | $55.52 | $66.26 | -8.0% |
| 2025 | $29.41 | $74.84 | $29.41 | $71.99 | +149.1% |
| 2024 | $23.95 | $34.51 | $22.09 | $28.91 | +21.5% |
| 2023 | $24.30 | $26.03 | $20.09 | $23.79 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | $22.89 | $26.18 | $17.77 | $23.95 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | $27.27 | $29.59 | $21.53 | $23.09 | -12.8% |
| 2020 | $17.93 | $28.89 | $12.01 | $26.49 | +46.8% |
| 2019 | $15.44 | $19.31 | $14.38 | $18.05 | +16.7% |
| 2018 | $17.06 | $17.52 | $13.97 | $15.47 | -8.3% |
| 2017 | $15.95 | $18.56 | $15.22 | $16.87 | +3.8% |
| 2016 | $14.00 | $20.71 | $13.58 | $16.24 | +17.5% |
| 2015 | $15.71 | $18.23 | $13.71 | $13.82 | -13.5% |
| 2014 | $19.94 | $22.05 | $15.28 | $15.97 | -18.1% |
| 2013 | $30.87 | $32.23 | $18.61 | $19.50 | -34.9% |
| 2012 | $28.78 | $37.23 | $26.67 | $29.95 | +6.3% |
| 2011 | $30.67 | $48.70 | $26.16 | $28.18 | -8.0% |
| 2010 | $17.17 | $30.70 | $15.14 | $30.63 | +80.3% |
| 2009 | $11.08 | $19.18 | $10.51 | $16.99 | +57.5% |
| 2008 | $14.93 | $20.92 | $8.88 | $10.79 | -26.9% |
| 2007 | $13.01 | $15.82 | $11.67 | $14.76 | +14.4% |
| 2006 | $9.04 | $14.94 | $8.83 | $12.90 | +46.1% |
| 2005 | $6.39 | $9.23 | $6.39 | $8.83 | +29.6% |
| 2004 | $5.99 | $8.29 | $5.50 | $6.82 | +14.2% |
| 2003 | $4.74 | $5.97 | $4.37 | $5.97 | +27.9% |
| 2002 | $4.59 | $5.10 | $4.24 | $4.67 | +3.2% |
| 2001 | $4.59 | $4.82 | $4.07 | $4.52 | -1.2% |
| 2000 | $5.30 | $5.45 | $4.57 | $4.58 | -14.2% |
| 1999 | $5.00 | $5.75 | $4.88 | $5.33 | +6.5% |
| 1998 | $5.94 | $7.81 | $4.69 | $5.01 | -16.5% |
| 1997 | $4.77 | $6.27 | $4.22 | $6.00 | +24.9% |
| 1996 | $5.17 | $5.83 | $4.71 | $4.80 | -6.7% |
| 1995 | $4.84 | $6.04 | $4.42 | $5.14 | +6.0% |
| 1994 | $5.28 | $5.75 | $4.64 | $4.85 | -5.2% |
| 1993 | $3.66 | $5.42 | $3.56 | $5.12 | +39.4% |
| 1992 | $3.87 | $4.34 | $3.65 | $3.67 | -4.9% |
| 1991 | $4.16 | $4.57 | $3.55 | $3.86 | -7.9% |
| 1990 | $5.21 | $5.36 | $3.95 | $4.19 | -19.6% |
| 1989 | $6.07 | $6.21 | $5.05 | $5.22 | -13.8% |
| 1988 | $6.64 | $7.82 | $6.05 | $6.05 | -9.7% |
| 1987 | $5.36 | $10.93 | $5.36 | $6.70 | +26.9% |
| 1986 | $5.81 | $6.31 | $4.85 | $5.28 | -8.9% |
| 1985 | $6.25 | $6.75 | $5.45 | $5.80 | -7.8% |
| 1984 | $8.96 | $10.11 | $6.22 | $6.29 | -29.4% |
| 1983 | $11.07 | $14.67 | $7.54 | $8.91 | -18.0% |
| 1982 | $8.06 | $11.11 | $4.90 | $10.87 | +33.3% |
| 1981 | $15.80 | $16.30 | $8.03 | $8.15 | -47.4% |
| 1980 | $39.95 | $49.45 | $10.89 | $15.50 | -51.9% |
| 1979 | $6.08 | $32.20 | $5.94 | $32.20 | +434.8% |
| 1978 | $4.87 | $6.26 | $4.82 | $6.02 | +26.6% |
| 1977 | $4.43 | $4.98 | $4.31 | $4.76 | +9.2% |
| 1976 | $4.16 | $5.08 | $3.83 | $4.36 | +4.2% |
| 1975 | $4.44 | $5.21 | $3.93 | $4.18 | -6.6% |
| 1974 | $3.28 | $6.76 | $3.27 | $4.47 | +37.4% |
| 1973 | $2.04 | $3.26 | $1.96 | $3.26 | +60.3% |
| 1972 | $1.37 | $2.03 | $1.37 | $2.03 | +48.1% |
| 1971 | $1.65 | $1.75 | $1.27 | $1.37 | -16.0% |
| 1970 | $1.80 | $1.93 | $1.57 | $1.63 | -8.8% |
| 1969 | $1.96 | $2.04 | $1.56 | $1.79 | -8.0% |
| 1968 | $2.17 | $2.58 | $1.84 | $1.95 | — |
Open = first close of the year, Close = last. 7 decades of data. Nominal USD.
Silver’s modern history is punctuated by the Hunt brothers’ corner that drove it to $49.45 in January 1980, the two-decade slump that followed, the 2011 run back to $49, and the 2020 squeeze and subsequent recovery. It is roughly twice as volatile as gold.
The table below gives each year’s first and last close, its high and low, and the change on the year, all in nominal US dollars. Gold and silver rows before 2015 are LBMA fixes; later rows and the platinum and palladium series are daily closes from Metals.dev. Where a market holiday leaves a gap, the year simply has fewer trading days.
Use the chart to zoom into any period, or download the full daily series for your own analysis. The investment growth calculator answers the most common question about this data: what a purchase on a given date would be worth today.
Silver price history: questions
What is the highest silver price in history?
The all-time high daily close and its date are shown at the top of this page, straight from the series below, and the live price is compared against it on the silver price page.
Where does this silver price history come from?
Daily LBMA fixes back to 1968 (the London benchmark since 1919 for gold and 1897 for silver), continued with daily closes from Metals.dev. It is the same series behind every chart on GoldPrice.com.
Are these prices adjusted for inflation?
No — they are nominal US dollars as traded at the time. The 1980 gold peak of $850 is roughly $3,300 in today’s money, which is worth remembering when comparing eras.
Can I download the data?
Yes. The CSV link on this page gives every daily close in the series as date,close in US dollars, free to use with attribution to GoldPrice.com.
Spot prices via Metals.dev, dealer bid and ask via Texas Precious Metals, history from daily LBMA fixes. Indicative market data, not an offer to buy or sell, and not investment advice.