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The most powerful bull market in gold’s history: the pandemic, record central-bank buying and de-dollarization carried gold past $2,000, $3,000 and $4,000 in barely five years.
The gold line is the yearly average price in US dollars per troy ounce through the 2020s; the shaded band shows each year’s high-to-low range. Figures are approximate annual values for educational analysis.
The 2020s have been extraordinary. The decade opened with the COVID-19 pandemic, whose torrent of monetary and fiscal stimulus and collapse in real interest rates sent gold above $2,000 an ounce for the first time in August 2020.
After a period of consolidation, the advance resumed with a force rarely seen. Persistent inflation, geopolitical upheaval and — most importantly — record-breaking central-bank buying and a broad move to “de-dollarize” reserves created structural, price-insensitive demand. Gold sliced through $3,000 in early 2025 and above $4,000 by that autumn.
What sets this decade apart is the character of the demand: less the fearful retail spike of past crises, more a steady, official-sector accumulation that has reset the floor under the gold price. With years still to run, the 2020s have already rewritten gold’s record books.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its stimulus pushed gold above $2,000 for the first time in 2020.
Record central-bank gold buying created structural, price-insensitive demand.
A global “de-dollarization” trend lifted official-sector demand for gold.
Gold crossed $3,000 and then $4,000 for the first time ever in 2025.
Gold's high in the 2020s was about $ 4,380.00 per troy ounce, reached in 2025.
Gold's low in the 2020s was about $ 1,472.00 per troy ounce, in 2020.
Gold rose about 161% across the 2020s, from roughly $ 1,520.00 at the start to $ 3,960.00 at the latest close. Its best year was 2025 (+50.90%) and its worst was 2021 (-3.60%).
Historical figures are approximate annual values shown for educational analysis and may differ from other sources. This is not financial advice — see our disclaimer.