The total returns of the S&P 500 index are listed by year. Total returns include two components: the return generated by dividends and the return generated by price changes in the index. While most individuals focus only on the price returns of the index, dividends play an important role in overall investment returns.
| Year | Total Return |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.03 |
| 2023 | 26.29 |
| 2022 | -18.11 |
| 2021 | 28.71 |
| 2020 | 18.40 |
| 2019 | 31.49 |
| 2018 | -4.38 |
| 2017 | 21.83 |
| 2016 | 11.96 |
| 2015 | 1.38 |
| 2014 | 13.69 |
| 2013 | 32.39 |
| 2012 | 16.00 |
| 2011 | 2.11 |
| 2010 | 15.06 |
| 2009 | 26.46 |
| 2008 | -37.00 |
| 2007 | 5.49 |
| 2006 | 15.79 |
| 2005 | 4.91 |
| 2004 | 10.88 |
| 2003 | 28.68 |
| 2002 | -22.10 |
| 2001 | -11.89 |
| 2000 | -9.10 |
| 1999 | 21.04 |
| 1998 | 28.58 |
| 1997 | 33.36 |
| 1996 | 22.96 |
| 1995 | 37.58 |
| 1994 | 1.32 |
| 1993 | 10.08 |
| 1992 | 7.62 |
| 1991 | 30.47 |
| 1990 | -3.10 |
| 1989 | 31.69 |
| 1988 | 16.61 |
| 1987 | 5.25 |
| 1986 | 18.67 |
| 1985 | 31.73 |
| 1984 | 6.27 |
| 1983 | 22.56 |
| 1982 | 21.55 |
| 1981 | -4.91 |
| 1980 | 32.42 |
| 1979 | 18.44 |
| 1978 | 6.56 |
| 1977 | -7.18 |
| 1976 | 23.84 |
| 1975 | 37.20 |
| 1974 | -26.47 |
| 1973 | -14.66 |
| 1972 | 18.98 |
| 1971 | 14.31 |
| 1970 | 4.01 |
| 1969 | -8.50 |
| 1968 | 11.06 |
| 1967 | 23.98 |
| 1966 | -10.06 |
| 1965 | 12.45 |
| 1964 | 16.48 |
| 1963 | 22.80 |
| 1962 | -8.73 |
| 1961 | 26.89 |
| 1960 | 0.47 |
| 1959 | 11.96 |
| 1958 | 43.36 |
| 1957 | -10.78 |
| 1956 | 6.56 |
| 1955 | 31.56 |
| 1954 | 52.62 |
| 1953 | -0.99 |
| 1952 | 18.37 |
| 1951 | 24.02 |
| 1950 | 31.71 |
| 1949 | 18.79 |
| 1948 | 5.50 |
| 1947 | 5.71 |
| 1946 | -8.07 |
| 1945 | 36.44 |
| 1944 | 19.75 |
| 1943 | 25.90 |
| 1942 | 20.34 |
| 1941 | -11.59 |
| 1940 | -9.78 |
| 1939 | -0.41 |
| 1938 | 31.12 |
| 1937 | -35.03 |
| 1936 | 33.92 |
| 1935 | 47.67 |
| 1934 | -1.44 |
| 1933 | 53.99 |
| 1932 | -8.19 |
| 1931 | -43.34 |
| 1930 | -24.90 |
| 1929 | -8.42 |
| 1928 | 43.61 |
| 1927 | 37.49 |
| 1926 | 11.62 |
The S&P index returns start in 1926 when the index was first composed of 90 companies. The name of the index at that time was the Composite Index or S&P 90. In 1957 the index expanded to include the 500 components we now have today. The returns include both price returns and re-invested dividends.
NOTE: The YTD total return for 2024 is as of the market close on 2024-12-20.
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