Crypto / Asset returns by year
Asset returns by year
How Bitcoin, Ether, gold, silver, oil, the S&P 500, its sectors and the euro did in every year since 2017, ranked best to worst. Updated every day; the latest year is year to date as of 2026-11-03.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bitcoin +799.9% | Health care +4.6% | Bitcoin +96.6% | Ether +481.7% | Ether +408.0% | Energy +57.7% | Bitcoin +156.8% | Bitcoin +125.1% | Silver +147.6% | WTI crude oil +74.0% |
Gold +281.6% | Utilities +0.5% | Technology +48.1% | Bitcoin +308.0% | Bitcoin +63.7% | WTI crude oil +6.4% | Ether +91.8% | Ether +48.8% | Gold +64.6% | Energy +38.0% |
Silver +240.2% | Consumer discretionary +0.4% | WTI crude oil +35.4% | Silver +48.0% | WTI crude oil +55.8% | Silver +2.8% | Technology +54.6% | Communication services +33.2% | Technology +23.7% | Health care +19.5% |
WTI crude oil +136.5% | Gold -1.6% | Communication services +30.6% | Technology +41.8% | Energy +46.5% | Gold -0.3% | Communication services +51.5% | Financials +28.5% | Communication services +21.6% | Consumer staples +17.5% |
Ether +45.5% | Technology -3.1% | Financials +29.4% | Consumer discretionary +28.3% | Real estate +41.7% | Utilities -1.5% | Consumer discretionary +39.1% | Gold +27.2% | Industrials +17.7% | Materials +15.4% |
Technology +31.8% | EUR/USD -4.5% | S&P 500 (SPY) +28.8% | Communication services +25.8% | Technology +33.6% | Consumer staples -3.3% | S&P 500 (SPY) +24.0% | Consumer discretionary +24.9% | S&P 500 (SPY) +16.4% | Technology +12.8% |
EUR/USD +29.1% | Real estate -6.0% | Consumer discretionary +26.7% | Gold +25.1% | Financials +32.4% | Health care -3.6% | Industrials +16.0% | S&P 500 (SPY) +23.4% | EUR/USD +13.5% | Real estate +9.8% |
Health care +19.5% | S&P 500 (SPY) -6.1% | Industrials +26.6% | Materials +17.9% | Consumer discretionary +27.0% | EUR/USD -5.8% | Gold +13.1% | Silver +21.5% | Financials +13.3% | S&P 500 (SPY) +7.5% |
Financials +18.7% | Silver -8.8% | Real estate +25.0% | S&P 500 (SPY) +16.1% | S&P 500 (SPY) +27.0% | Industrials -7.2% | Materials +10.1% | Technology +20.9% | Utilities +12.8% | Financials +5.1% |
Industrials +18.7% | Consumer staples -10.7% | Consumer staples +24.1% | Health care +11.5% | Materials +25.1% | Financials -12.4% | Financials +10.0% | Utilities +19.4% | Health care +12.5% | Industrials +4.7% |
Materials +18.1% | Industrials -14.8% | Utilities +22.3% | EUR/USD +9.0% | Health care +24.0% | Materials -14.3% | Real estate +8.3% | Industrials +15.7% | Materials +7.8% | Utilities +1.5% |
Consumer discretionary +17.9% | Financials -14.8% | Materials +21.7% | Industrials +8.7% | Industrials +19.4% | S&P 500 (SPY) -19.4% | EUR/USD +3.1% | Consumer staples +9.2% | Consumer discretionary +6.4% | Consumer discretionary -1.5% |
S&P 500 (SPY) +17.7% | Communication services -15.7% | Gold +18.3% | Consumer staples +7.2% | Communication services +15.0% | Technology -28.4% | Health care +0.4% | Energy +2.2% | Energy +4.4% | EUR/USD -4.4% |
Consumer staples +8.8% | Materials -16.6% | Health care +17.9% | Utilities -3.0% | Consumer staples +14.2% | Real estate -28.7% | Silver -0.7% | Real estate +1.7% | Real estate -0.8% | Gold -5.4% |
Utilities +8.7% | Energy -20.6% | Silver +15.2% | Financials -4.2% | Utilities +14.0% | Consumer discretionary -36.8% | Consumer staples -3.4% | Health care +0.9% | Consumer staples -1.2% | Communication services -11.3% |
Real estate +5.3% | WTI crude oil -25.3% | Energy +4.8% | Real estate -5.5% | Gold -3.6% | Communication services -38.2% | Energy -4.2% | WTI crude oil +0.8% | Bitcoin -7.5% | Bitcoin -13.9% |
Energy -6.1% | Bitcoin -74.8% | Ether +0.9% | WTI crude oil -20.9% | EUR/USD -6.9% | Bitcoin -65.1% | Utilities -10.1% | Materials -1.6% | Ether -12.6% | Ether -25.1% |
Ether -82.7% | EUR/USD -2.2% | Energy -36.9% | Silver -11.6% | Ether -68.0% | WTI crude oil -10.3% | EUR/USD -6.2% | WTI crude oil -21.0% | Silver -27.7% |
CryptoCommoditiesStocksSectorsCurrency
Best and worst each year
| Year | Best | Worst |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bitcoin +799.9% | Energy -6.1% |
| 2018 | Health care +4.6% | Ether -82.7% |
| 2019 | Bitcoin +96.6% | EUR/USD -2.2% |
| 2020 | Ether +481.7% | Energy -36.9% |
| 2021 | Ether +408.0% | Silver -11.6% |
| 2022 | Energy +57.7% | Ether -68.0% |
| 2023 | Bitcoin +156.8% | WTI crude oil -10.3% |
| 2024 | Bitcoin +125.1% | EUR/USD -6.2% |
| 2025 | Silver +147.6% | WTI crude oil -21.0% |
| 2026 YTD | WTI crude oil +74.0% | Silver -27.7% |
Monthly returns
What each row is
- Crypto: Bitcoin (Bitcoin in US dollars, close of each UTC day); Ether (Ether in US dollars, close of each UTC day).
- Commodities: Gold (Gold in US dollars per troy ounce); Silver (Silver in US dollars per troy ounce); WTI crude oil (West Texas Intermediate spot price, US dollars per barrel).
- Currency: EUR/USD (Euro against the US dollar: a positive return means the euro rose).
- Stocks: S&P 500 (SPY) (SPDR S&P 500 fund, price return without dividends (a proxy for the index)).
- Sectors: Technology (Technology Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Financials (Financial Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Energy (Energy Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Health care (Health Care Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Consumer discretionary (Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Consumer staples (Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Industrials (Industrial Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Materials (Materials Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Utilities (Utilities Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Real estate (Real Estate Select Sector SPDR fund, price return); Communication services (Communication Services Select Sector SPDR fund, price return).
Returns are close to close: the last close of a year against the last close of the year before. A series that starts mid-year is measured from its first close, and a year before a series exists is left blank. Stock and sector rows are price returns of exchange traded funds and leave out dividends, so they are a proxy for the index and its sectors. Crypto prices are aggregated market prices and can differ slightly between exchanges.