Gold & silver: prices, mining and use
Explore visual guides to 65 years of price history, more than a century of mine production, the gold-to-silver ratio, leading silver-producing countries and the industries that use silver.
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Compare prices, trace world mine production, examine the gold-to-silver ratio or learn where silver is mined and used.
66 annual observationsGold price history
See how gold rose from $35 per troy ounce in 1960 to $3,442 in 2025, and why the comparison is 98 times more cash for the same ounce, not a larger gold bar.
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USGS historical seriesWorld gold production
Explore world gold mine production from 1900 to 2022, including the rise from 386 to 3,160 metric tonnes and the changing U.S. share.
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66 annual observationsSilver price history
Compare silver’s annual average price from 1960 to 2025, then see why the $39.80 annual average sits below the dramatic late-2025 breakout.
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One matched-price ratioGold-to-silver ratio
See the 2025 gold-to-silver ratio in historical context, including its median, middle 50% range, percentile and distance from the annual-series high.
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History plus 2025 contextWorld silver production
Explore 125 years of annual world silver mine production and see where the estimated 26,000 metric tonnes mined in 2025 were concentrated.
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U.S. end-use estimateWhere America uses silver
See the complete estimated 2025 U.S. silver end-use breakdown and a real annual apparent-consumption series from 1900 through the 2025 estimate.
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