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Silver price history since 2000.
Silver has gone from about $4.90 an ounce in September 2000 to $54.54 this month, with its highest futures price, $121.30, in January 2026. Here is the record year by year.
Updated October 28, 2026 · Prices as of November 3, 2026, 4:45 p.m. Pacific
Silver prices month by month
Silver is at $49.46 an ounce right now (the Kitco bid).
Silver prices by year
Silver closed higher than the year before in 15 of the 25 full years shown.
| Year | Close | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | $54.54 | $121.30 | $54.44 | -22% |
| 2025 | $70.13 | $79.70 | $28.31 | +129% |
| 2024 | $30.68 | $34.83 | $21.92 | +29% |
| 2023 | $23.85 | $26.20 | $19.83 | 0% |
| 2022 | $23.86 | $27.31 | $17.32 | +2% |
| 2021 | $23.33 | $30.16 | $21.46 | -11% |
| 2020 | $26.33 | $29.53 | $13.90 | +55% |
| 2019 | $16.97 | $18.61 | $14.24 | +10% |
| 2018 | $15.43 | $17.55 | $13.91 | -10% |
| 2017 | $17.06 | $18.50 | $15.15 | +7% |
| 2016 | $15.94 | $21.09 | $13.71 | +16% |
| 2015 | $13.77 | $18.35 | $13.64 | -12% |
| 2014 | $15.56 | $22.05 | $14.10 | -22% |
| 2013 | $19.98 | $32.41 | $18.18 | -34% |
| 2012 | $30.17 | $37.48 | $26.07 | +8% |
| 2011 | $27.88 | $49.52 | $26.39 | -10% |
| 2010 | $30.91 | $30.90 | $14.82 | +84% |
| 2009 | $16.82 | $19.43 | $10.37 | +49% |
| 2008 | $11.27 | $21.18 | $8.78 | -24% |
| 2007 | $14.80 | $15.50 | $11.47 | +15% |
| 2006 | $12.82 | $14.95 | $9.10 | +45% |
| 2005 | $8.82 | $9.17 | $6.41 | +30% |
| 2004 | $6.81 | $8.21 | $5.49 | +14% |
| 2003 | $5.95 | $5.98 | $4.35 | +35% |
| 2002 | $4.41 | $5.15 | $4.22 | -4% |
| 2001 | $4.58 | $4.80 | $4.03 | 0% |
| 2000 (from September) | $4.59 | $5.03 | $4.55 |
Prices per troy ounce from New York (COMEX) silver futures: monthly closes, and the highest and lowest prices traded in each year. Futures track the spot price closely. The year 2026 runs to October 2026. Data: Yahoo Finance.
What the history means if you're selling
Past prices don't predict future ones, and nothing here is investment advice. What decides your payout is the price on the day it's set: we pay a published percentage of the live Kitco bid. For what has been moving silver lately, see why is silver going up? and why is silver going down?
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