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65 years of silver: boom, bust and breakout

The World Bank annual series moves from $0.90 per troy ounce in 1960 to a $39.80 average in 2025. A separate breakout callout distinguishes that annual average from the $62.30 December average, roughly $71.99 year-end level and $74.84 2025 high.

Coverage1960–2025 annual; 2025 breakout shown separatelyPrimary sourceWorld Bank Pink Sheet; 2025 LBMA reference pointsPublished2026-08-15
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Vertical Silver Price 1960–2025 poster showing the annual average rising from $0.90 to $39.80, equal to 44.2 times the 1960 average. The main chart marks the 1980 and 2011 peaks, 1991 trough and 2020 value. A bright, separate 2025 breakout panel progresses from the $39.80 annual average to a $62.30 December average, about $71.99 at year-end and a $74.84 high.
Silver’s $39.80 annual average tells only part of 2025: the separate breakout panel shows the much higher December average, year-end level and annual high.
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The poster distinguishes the World Bank annual-average line from separately sourced intra-year market prices. It follows silver from $0.90 in 1960 to a $39.80 average in 2025, marks $20.80 in 1980, $4.10 in 1991, $35.20 in 2011 and $20.50 in 2020, and identifies the biggest annual-average gain and decline as 105.6% in 1979 and 49.5% in 1981.

1960 average$0.90Nominal USD per troy ounce
2025 average$39.8044.2× the 1960 level
Highest annual average$39.802025 in this series
Annual silver price in nominal U.S. dollars per troy ounceAnnual silver price in nominal U.S. dollars per troy ounce from 1960 through 2025. It begins at $0.90, peaks at $39.80 in 2025, and ends at $39.80.$0.00$9.95$19.90$29.85$39.80Peak $39.80 · 202519602025
Annual silver price in nominal U.S. dollars per troy ounce. Hover-free, source-backed values are also available in the linked data table and downloads.
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Silver Per Capita. “65 years of silver: boom, bust and breakout.” 2026-08-15. https://silverpercapita.com/infographics/silver-price-history-1960-2025

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