Investment gold is becoming an increasingly popular form of asset allocation, where capital is directed during periods of strong inflationary pressure and geopolitical uncertainty.
For thousands of years, gold has been recognized as the safest destination for accumulated capital in uncertain times.
Whenever uncertainty in the world increases, gold tends to rise in value, and interest in investing in gold grows significantly. In order to provide clearer and more interactive insight, we have decided to present the trend of gold price movements (growth or decline) from 2002 to 2025.
Due to the changing exchange rates between the euro and the U.S. dollar during this period, you will notice that in certain years the price of gold increased in dollars while declining in euros, and vice versa.
The following table shows the annual trend of gold price movements (increase or decrease) compared to the previous year.
| Year | USD Annual Growth/Decline Compared to the Previous Year (%) | EUR Annual Growth/Decline Compared to the Previous Year (%) |
| 2002 | +24,60% | +5,90% |
| 2003 | +19,70% | +0,50% |
| 2004 | +5,30% | -2,70% |
| 2005 | +20% | +36,80% |
| 2006 | +23% | +10,60% |
| 2007 | +30,90% | +18,40% |
| 2008 | +5,60% | +10,50% |
| 2009 | +23,40% | +20,70% |
| 2010 | +29,50% | +38,80% |
| 2011 | +10,10% | +14,20% |
| 2012 | +7% | +4,90% |
| 2013 | -28,30% | -31,20% |
| 2014 | -1,50% | 12,10% |
| 2015 | -10,40% | -0,30% |
| 2016 | +9,10% | +12,40% |
| 2017 | +13,60% | -1% |
| 2018 | -2,10% | +2,70% |
| 2019 | +18,90% | +22,70% |
| 2020 | +24,60% | +14,40% |
| 2021 | -3,50% | +2,90% |
| 2022 | -0,30% | +6% |
| 2023 | +7,10% | +8% |
| 2024 | +31% | +39% |
| 2025 | +75% | +50% |
*The data was collected on December 31, 2025, at 10:00 AM from the goldprice,org platform.
Gold recorded an incredible value increase of 39% in 2024. In 2025, an even stronger growth trend continued, resulting in an extraordinary 50% increase in value.
This trend provided investors with profit on their invested capital in the form of additional value within a relatively short period of time. Over the last two years, investing in gold has proven to be not only an exceptional way to protect money from inflation, but also an outstanding method of generating additional value on invested funds.
