Global Gold Price Over the Last Decade, Now Sets a New Record (December 23, 2025)

Global gold prices have fluctuated with a positive trend over the last decade.

According to data from the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), a global gold market association based in London, on December 23, 2015, the price of gold was only US$1,071.5 per troy ounce.

After that, its price gradually rose, reaching US$4,481.9 per troy ounce on December 23, 2025. This marks a new all-time high.

Below are the details of the annual (year-on-year/yoy) growth of LBMA gold prices as of December 23, for the period 2015-2025:

• December 23, 2015: Price US$1,071.5 per troy ounce
• December 23, 2016: Price US$1,131.0 per troy ounce, up 6% (yoy)
• December 22, 2017: Price US$1,268.1 per troy ounce, up 12% (yoy)
• December 24, 2018: Price US$1,261.3 per troy ounce, down 0.5% (yoy)
• December 23, 2019: Price US$1,484.0 per troy ounce, up 18% (yoy)
• December 23, 2020: Price US$1,867.1 per troy ounce, up 26% (yoy)
• December 23, 2021: Price US$1,805.6 per troy ounce, down 3% (yoy)
• December 23, 2022: Price US$1,797.4 per troy ounce, down 0.5% (yoy)
• December 22, 2023: Price US$2,055.6 per troy ounce, up 14% (yoy)
• December 23, 2024: Price US$2,620.6 per troy ounce, up 27% (yoy)
• December 23, 2025: Price US$4,481.9 per troy ounce, up 71% (yoy)

Based on this data, global gold prices have experienced a year-on-year (yoy) decrease three times in the last decade, specifically in December 2018, 2021, and 2022.

The highest increase in global gold prices occurred on December 23, 2025, with a surge of 71% (yoy).

Cumulatively, from December 23, 2015, to December 23, 2025, global gold prices have grown by 318%, or increased approximately fourfold.