Gold price history
Gold price in 2001
Gold averaged $271 an ounce in 2001. That was −2.9% on 2000.
Gold today: …
Month by month in 2001
| Month | Average price |
|---|---|
| January | $265 |
| February | $262 |
| March | $263 |
| April | $260 |
| May | $272 |
| June | $270 |
| July | $268 |
| August | $272 |
| September | $283 |
| October | $283 |
| November | $276 |
| December | $276 |
2001 on the long-run chart
The large dot is 2001. Yearly averages, log scale.
Yearly and monthly figures are averages of daily prices, in US dollars per troy ounce. Source: World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet), CC BY 4.0, via the open gold-prices dataset. Daily highs and lows were higher and lower than the monthly averages. Latest month in the data: September 2026.
Questions people ask
What was the price of gold in 2001?
Gold averaged about $271 an ounce in 2001. The highest month was September ($283) and the lowest was April ($260).
How much is gold now compared with 2001?
See the live figure at the top of this page. It compares today's price with the 2001 average of $271. Past prices don't tell you what gold will do next.
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