Gold Price Fluctuation
Gold’s historic run: annual price from 2020 to the 2026 record territory, yearly returns, the central-bank buying behind the rally, and where analysts see it heading.
Annual average $/oz (2020–2025); 2026 is the Jun 22 spot price.
View data & sources →Year-over-year % change of the annual average price. 2026 is year-to-date.
View data & sources →Net purchases, tonnes. Record buying in 2022–2024 drove the rally; 2025 cooled.
View data & sources →Data table
| year | series | usd_oz | source_ref | value_basis | pct | tonnes | label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | gold_spot | 1770 | macrotrends-gold | Annual average gold ~$1,770/oz (2020) | |||
| 2021 | gold_spot | 1799 | macrotrends-gold | Annual average gold ~$1,799/oz (2021) | |||
| 2022 | gold_spot | 1802 | macrotrends-gold | Annual average gold ~$1,802/oz (2022) | |||
| 2023 | gold_spot | 1943 | wgc | Annual average gold $1,943/oz (2023) | |||
| 2024 | gold_spot | 2386 | wgc | Annual average gold $2,386.20/oz (2024) |
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Methodology & sources
Last updated: Jul 17, 2026Methodology
Source-backed values are seeded for all four charts: the annual average gold price (2020 → 2026 spot), the annual return, central-bank net purchases, and the current spot price vs analyst forecasts. Every numeric point carries a sources[].ref and a value_basis. Annual averages are from the World Gold Council and Macrotrends; central-bank tonnage is from the WGC Gold Demand Trends; forecasts are J.P. Morgan Global Research. CAVEAT: the 2026 point is a spot price (Jun 22 2026), not a full-year average, and is labeled as such. Annual returns are computed from the cited annual averages (year-over-year change), not separately published figures. Re-verified 2026-06-22.
Sources
Comparisons are informative, not definitive. See each source for definitions and limits.
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