Dow Jones: historical performance

In short — $1,000 invested in the Dow Jones 10 years ago would be worth $3,037 today, i.e. +12%/yr on average. Best year: 2017 (+25%), worst: 2022 (-9%). Price performance, excluding dividends.

If I'd invested $1,000 in Dow Jones

Investment	Worth today	Gain
1 years ago	$1,244	+24%
3 years ago	$1,597	+60%
5 years ago	$1,729	+73%
10 years ago	$3,037	+204%
since inception (1992)	$16,196	+1520%

Return by year (Dow Jones)

Year ▼	Return i ↕	$1,000 invested at year start i ↕
2026 (YTD)	+10%	$1,101 (+10%)
2025	+13%	$1,244 (+24%)
2024	+13%	$1,404 (+40%)
2023	+14%	$1,597 (+60%)
2022	-9%	$1,456 (+46%)
2021	+19%	$1,729 (+73%)
2020	+7%	$1,855 (+85%)
2019	+22%	$2,269 (+127%)
2018	-6%	$2,141 (+114%)
2017	+25%	$2,678 (+168%)
2016	+13%	$3,037 (+204%)

⚠️ Past performance, not predictive nor advice. Prices in $, excluding dividends. Yahoo Finance data.