As of December 2022, gold had an average 20-year return rate of 8.65 percent, which was only slightly behind U.S. and EM stocks with a rate of 9.83 and 9.08 percent respectively.
20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022
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Statistics on Gold as an investment
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Leading major financial assets worldwide 2021, by average daily trading volume
- Premium Statistic Global production of gold mines 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Gold production ranked by major countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Volume of gold reserves by country 2022
- Premium Statistic Global largest gold mines by production volume 2021
Demand
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- Premium Statistic Gold demand globally 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Gold demand volume worldwide by sector 2021
- Basic Statistic Global gold demand share by sector 2021
- Basic Statistic Global demand for gold by purpose quarterly 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Global gold import value by leading country 2021
- Premium Statistic Retail investment demand for physical gold Europe Q1 2016-Q2 2022
Price
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- Premium Statistic Price of gold per troy ounce 1990-2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly prices for gold worldwide from January 2014 to December 2022
- Basic Statistic Average prices for gold worldwide 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Monthly prices for gold worldwide 2011-2023
- Premium Statistic Gold futures contracts price in the U.S. by month 2019-2022, with forecasts to 2028
- Premium Statistic Monthly close price of gold in London 2018-2022
Return
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- Premium Statistic Annual return of gold and other assets worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Average annual return of gold and other assets worldwide 1971-2022
- Premium Statistic 10-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic 20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Rate of return of gold as an investment 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Gold performance around rate hikes in the U.S.
Holdings by country
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- Premium Statistic Total weight of gold holdings by United States 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Total weight of gold holdings Germany 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Total weight of gold holdings in Italy 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Total weight of gold holdings by France 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Total weight of gold holdings by Russia 2014-2022
Further related statistics
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- Gold quantity in the investment industry in North America 2008-2018, by form of gold
- Performance spread of top and bottom hedge funds 2017, by style
- Projected total returns of selected asset classes 2021-2026
- Leading physically-backed gold ETFs worldwide Q4 2016 by AuM in tonnes
- Leading non-leveraged ETPs in the U.S. 2016, by performance
- Returns on selected styles of hedge funds 2017
- Average single online investment amount in gold in China 2018
- Average quarterly consumer demand for gold in Spain Q1 2015 - Q1 2017
- Return rate on various futures in 2014
- Expenditures of the central bank on the purchase of gold in Poland 2018-2019
- Returns of S&P 500 Real Estate Index in the U.S. 2007-2021
- Annual return of Norges Bank Investment Management 1998-2021, by asset class
- Share of gold investments in the global securities volume 1921-2009
- Return on equity for the banking system in the United Kingdom 2012-2019
- PPI of chemical products Japan 2017-2021
- Average quarterly consumer demand for gold in Italy Q1 2015 - Q1 2017
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Statistics
- Gold quantity in the investment industry in North America 2008-2018, by form of gold
- Performance spread of top and bottom hedge funds 2017, by style
- Projected total returns of selected asset classes 2021-2026
- Leading physically-backed gold ETFs worldwide Q4 2016 by AuM in tonnes
- Leading non-leveraged ETPs in the U.S. 2016, by performance
- Returns on selected styles of hedge funds 2017
- Average single online investment amount in gold in China 2018
- Average quarterly consumer demand for gold in Spain Q1 2015 - Q1 2017
- Return rate on various futures in 2014
- Expenditures of the central bank on the purchase of gold in Poland 2018-2019
- Returns of S&P 500 Real Estate Index in the U.S. 2007-2021
- Annual return of Norges Bank Investment Management 1998-2021, by asset class
- Share of gold investments in the global securities volume 1921-2009
- Return on equity for the banking system in the United Kingdom 2012-2019
- PPI of chemical products Japan 2017-2021
- Average quarterly consumer demand for gold in Italy Q1 2015 - Q1 2017
World Gold Council. (December 31, 2022). 20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/
World Gold Council. "20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/
World Gold Council. (2022). 20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/
World Gold Council. "20-year Average Return of Gold and Other Assets Worldwide as of 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/
World Gold Council, 20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
20-year average return of gold and other assets worldwide as of 2022 [Graph], World Gold Council, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1061450/gold-other-assets-20-year-average-returns-global/