Bitcoin Price Performance by Year & Currency
Bitcoin fell 6.3% in US dollars in 2025 and is −6.6% so far in 2026. From 2015 to 2025 it gained in 8 of 11 years, averaging +192.2% a year (+66.5% compounded). The best year was 2017 (+1,368.9%) and the worst 2018 (−73.6%). A positive number means bitcoin gained against that currency — the currency lost purchasing power measured in bitcoin.
| Year | USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | INR | CAD | AUD | CHF | BRL | TRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −6.6% | −2.2% | −6.0% | −5.7% | −1.6% | −4.1% | −11.1% | −2.8% | −14.3% | +8.0% |
| 2025 | −6.3% | −17.2% | −12.8% | −6.5% | −1.7% | −10.9% | −13.2% | −18.0% | −17.0% | +13.8% |
| 2024 | +121.1% | +135.1% | +124.3% | +145.2% | +127.5% | +140.0% | +142.5% | +139.0% | +181.8% | +164.5% |
| 2023 | +155.4% | +146.5% | +141.6% | +174.0% | +157.0% | +150.0% | +155.5% | +131.8% | +134.4% | +303.2% |
| 2022 | −64.3% | −62.1% | −59.9% | −59.1% | −60.3% | −61.9% | −61.9% | −63.8% | −66.1% | −50.3% |
| 2021 | +59.7% | +73.0% | +61.7% | +78.3% | +62.5% | +59.3% | +69.9% | +65.4% | +71.3% | +189.2% |
| 2020 | +303.2% | +269.1% | +290.0% | +282.8% | +312.7% | +295.3% | +266.8% | +267.3% | +420.9% | +403.2% |
| 2019 | +92.2% | +95.9% | +86.3% | +89.8% | +97.0% | +83.2% | +93.2% | +88.7% | +99.1% | +116.1% |
| 2018 | −73.6% | −72.3% | −72.1% | −74.2% | −71.2% | −71.3% | −70.7% | −73.3% | −69.0% | −63.1% |
| 2017 | +1,368.9% | +1,191.1% | +1,237.9% | +1,312.4% | +1,281.4% | +1,268.5% | +1,257.4% | +1,306.8% | +1,395.2% | +1,483.3% |
| 2016 | +123.8% | +131.2% | +169.7% | +117.7% | +129.8% | +117.0% | +126.5% | +129.1% | +83.9% | +169.8% |
| 2015 | +34.5% | +50.0% | +41.3% | +35.3% | +40.8% | +61.2% | +50.6% | +35.1% | +100.8% | +68.2% |
| Average | +192.2% | +176.4% | +182.5% | +190.5% | +188.7% | +184.6% | +183.3% | +182.6% | +212.3% | +254.4% |
| Compound / yr | +66.5% | +67.0% | +68.8% | +70.7% | +72.0% | +69.1% | +69.6% | +63.2% | +77.9% | +117.0% |
| Up years | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 9/11 |
Bitcoin annual return in US dollars
Bitcoin Performance: FAQ
How did bitcoin perform in 2025?
Bitcoin fell 6.3% in US dollars in 2025, from about $93,429 at the end of 2024 to $87,509 at the end of 2025 (daily closes). During the year it traded between $76,272 on 8 April and a high of $124,753 on 6 October. In other currencies it was −17.2% in euros, −12.8% in pounds, −1.7% in rupees; across the ten currencies in the table the result ranged from −18.0% in Swiss francs to +13.8% in lira. Month-by-month figures and the year's main events are on the 2025 bitcoin price history page.
What is bitcoin's year-to-date performance in 2026?
Bitcoin is down 6.6% in US dollars so far in 2026 (as of Oct 22, 2026, 14:51 UTC): about $81,794 now against $87,509 at the end of 2025. In other currencies it is −2.2% in euros, −6.0% in pounds, −1.6% in rupees; across the ten currencies in the table the result ranged from −14.3% in reais to +8.0% in lira. The figure is recalculated with the live price, so it changes during the day.
What was bitcoin's best and worst year?
In US dollars, the best year in this table (2015–2025) was 2017, when bitcoin rose 1,368.9%, and the worst was 2018, when it fell 73.6%. Bitcoin gained in 8 of 11 years.
How much has bitcoin returned per year on average?
From 2015 to 2025 the simple average of the yearly changes in US dollars was +192.2%, and the compound annual return was +66.5% a year. The compound figure is lower because large falls take larger gains to recover from: a 50% fall needs a 100% rise to get back to even. Past returns say nothing about future returns.
How to read this table
Each cell is bitcoin's percentage change against that currency during that calendar year. A +10% in the INR column means someone measuring their wealth in Indian rupees saw their bitcoin rise 10% that year.
The columns also tell a currency story: when bitcoin is up 18% in USD but 27% in INR in the same year, the extra nine points come from the rupee weakening against the dollar. That is why bitcoin's performance depends on where you live — two investors holding the same coin can experience very different returns.
Methodology. Each completed year compares the last daily close of the year (BTC-USD, 00:00 UTC) with the previous year's, both converted at European Central Bank year-end reference rates (via Frankfurter). The 2026 row is year-to-date against the 2025 year-end level, recalculated with the live price and current exchange rates. A dash means the ECB did not publish that currency's rate at the time. Figures are indicative and may differ slightly from tables based on other exchanges or cut-off times.