What is the highest annual tin value in this dataset?

$34,059 ($/metric ton) in 2025 annual value. This is the highest annual observation within 1900–2025, rather than a daily market record.

How are inflation-adjusted prices calculated?

Each nominal observation is multiplied by the site’s reference CPI divided by the CPI for that observation’s year. The same inflation calculation is used across commodity charts.

Industrial Metals Series coverage: 1900–2025

Tin Historical Price Archive

Annual Tin Price Archive

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Tin is the indispensable metallurgical glue of the digital age.

Annual Tin benchmark price: World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Before 1960, the series uses USGS nominal unit values. The measure changes to the World Bank benchmark in 1960.

Tin Interactive Price History (1900–2025)

Inflation-Adjusted (Real 2026 USD)

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Data sources: World Bank, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Annual Observations

Tin Historical Eras & Macro Cycles

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Tin historical observations

1900–2025

World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Before 1960, the series uses USGS nominal unit values. The measure changes to the World Bank benchmark in 1960.

Price Behavior Annual observations range from $368 to $34,059 ($/metric ton).

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Tin Complete Historical Price Table (1900–2025)

Nominal vs. Real Inflation-Adjusted Prices in 2026 USD

Year	Nominal Price ($/metric ton)	Real Price (2026 USD)	CPI / Historical Estimate	Historical Context / Market Event
2025	$34,059.00	$35,438.21	321.9	—
2024	$30,066.00	$32,106.67	313.7	AI Server Motherboard High-Density Solder Squeeze
2023	$25,938.00	$28,515.44	304.7	Myanmar Wa State Mining Moratorium Enacted
2022	$31,335.00	$35,866.80	292.7	All-Time Historic Record Spike ($51,000/t in March 2022)
2021	$32,384.00	$40,033.92	271.0	Semiconductor Shortage & Work-from-Home Hardware Surge
2020	$17,125.00	$22,164.95	258.8	COVID-19 Electronics Demand Shock
2019	$18,661.00	$24,450.97	255.7	—
2018	$20,145.00	$26,873.69	251.1	—
2017	$20,061.00	$27,415.28	245.1	—
2016	$17,934.00	$25,030.65	240.0	—
2015	$16,067.00	$22,707.75	237.0	—
2014	$21,899.00	$30,986.95	236.7	—
2013	$22,283.00	$32,041.79	233.0	—
2012	$21,126.00	$30,823.05	229.6	—
2011	$26,054.00	$38,799.71	224.9	Indonesian Environmental Crackdowns on Bangka-Belitung Dredging
2010	$20,406.00	$31,347.92	218.1	—
2009	$13,574.00	$21,194.57	214.5	—
2008	$18,510.00	$28,798.85	215.3	—
2007	$14,537.00	$23,485.86	207.3	—
2006	$8,781.00	$14,590.57	201.6	—
2005	$7,380.00	$12,658.23	195.3	—
2004	$8,513.00	$15,096.27	188.9	—
2003	$4,895.00	$8,911.56	184.0	EU Directives Mandate Lead-Free Solder (RoHS Directive)
2002	$4,061.00	$7,561.72	179.9	—
2001	$4,484.00	$8,481.37	177.1	—
2000	$5,436.00	$10,574.63	172.2	—
1999	$5,404.00	$10,865.74	166.6	—
1998	$5,540.00	$11,385.21	163.0	—
1997	$5,647.00	$11,785.87	160.5	—
1996	$6,165.00	$13,162.22	156.9	—
1995	$6,214.00	$13,658.57	152.4	—
1994	$5,464.00	$12,350.41	148.2	—
1993	$5,161.00	$11,964.23	144.5	—
1992	$6,101.00	$14,566.74	140.3	—
1991	$5,595.00	$13,760.74	136.2	—
1990	$6,085.00	$15,595.66	130.7	—
1989	$8,534.00	$23,054.19	124.0	LME Reintroduces Reformed Tin Contract
1988	$7,052.00	$19,968.55	118.3	—
1987	$6,665.00	$19,653.54	113.6	—
1986	$6,161.00	$18,830.40	109.6	Buffer Stock Liquidation Crashes Cornish & Bolivian Mines
1985	$11,539.00	$35,923.18	107.6	October 24, 1985: International Tin Council Defaults; LME Halts Tin for 4 Years
1984	$12,233.00	$39,439.95	103.9	—
1983	$12,988.00	$43,681.93	99.6	—
1982	$12,826.00	$44,522.83	96.5	—
1981	$14,159.00	$52,178.02	90.9	—
1980	$16,775.00	$68,195.26	82.4	International Tin Council Buffer Stock Ramp
1979	$15,447.00	$71,273.22	72.6	—
1978	$12,875.00	$66,148.27	65.2	—
1977	$10,804.00	$59,721.52	60.6	—
1976	$7,586.00	$44,660.08	56.9	—
1975	$6,877.00	$42,818.91	53.8	—
1974	$8,184.00	$55,608.04	49.3	—
1973	$4,802.00	$36,229.14	44.4	—
1972	$3,740.00	$29,971.89	41.8	—
1971	$3,512.00	$29,048.14	40.5	—
1970	$3,673.00	$31,710.86	38.8	—
1969	$3,427.00	$31,280.01	36.7	—
1968	$3,127.00	$30,100.07	34.8	—
1967	$3,308.00	$33,177.06	33.4	—
1966	$3,574.00	$36,951.19	32.4	—
1965	$3,891.00	$41,378.01	31.5	—
1964	$3,413.00	$36,880.22	31.0	—
1963	$2,508.00	$27,455.22	30.6	—
1962	$2,471.00	$27,408.46	30.2	—
1961	$2,450.00	$27,448.19	29.9	—
1960	$2,197.00	$24,863.21	29.6	—
1959	$2,250.00	$25,900.52	29.1	—
1958	$2,100.00	$24,341.11	28.9	—
1957	$2,120.00	$25,272.51	28.1	—
1956	$2,240.00	$27,586.59	27.2	First International Tin Agreement (ITA) Enters Force
1955	$2,090.00	$26,123.44	26.8	—
1954	$2,020.00	$25,154.63	26.9	—
1953	$2,110.00	$26,472.20	26.7	—
1952	$2,660.00	$33,624.41	26.5	—
1951	$2,800.00	$36,074.77	26.0	—
1950	$2,110.00	$29,328.12	24.1	Korean War US Strategic Stockpile Buying
1949	$2,190.00	$30,823.79	23.8	—
1948	$2,190.00	$30,440.09	24.1	—
1947	$1,720.00	$25,837.02	22.3	—
1946	$1,200.00	$20,614.15	19.5	—
1945	$1,150.00	$21,401.50	18.0	—
1944	$1,150.00	$21,887.90	17.6	—
1943	$1,150.00	$22,267.46	17.3	—
1942	$1,150.00	$23,633.56	16.3	Japanese Occupation of Malaya & Dutch East Indies Tin Fields
1941	$1,150.00	$26,205.92	14.7	—
1940	$1,100.00	$26,319.86	14.0	—
1939	$1,110.00	$26,750.20	13.9	—
1938	$933.00	$22,165.70	14.1	—
1937	$1,200.00	$27,915.00	14.4	—
1936	$1,020.00	$24,581.27	13.9	—
1935	$1,110.00	$27,140.72	13.7	—
1934	$1,150.00	$28,748.28	13.4	—
1933	$862.00	$22,211.75	13.0	—
1932	$485.00	$11,858.78	13.7	—
1931	$540.00	$11,900.61	15.2	First International Tin Control Scheme Cartel Formed
1930	$699.00	$14,021.02	16.7	—
1929	$996.00	$19,511.12	17.1	—
1928	$1,110.00	$21,744.32	17.1	—
1927	$1,420.00	$27,337.45	17.4	—
1926	$1,440.00	$27,252.61	17.7	—
1925	$1,280.00	$24,501.39	17.5	—
1924	$1,110.00	$21,744.32	17.1	—
1923	$941.00	$18,433.69	17.1	—
1922	$719.00	$14,336.35	16.8	—
1921	$659.00	$12,332.50	17.9	—
1920	$1,070.00	$17,921.43	20.0	—
1919	$1,400.00	$27,108.21	17.3	—
1918	$1,960.00	$43,480.85	15.1	—
1917	$1,360.00	$35,591.63	12.8	—
1916	$959.00	$29,472.09	10.9	—
1915	$851.00	$28,224.55	10.1	WWI Preserved Food Tinplate Logistics
1914	$756.00	$25,324.49	10.0	—
1913	$977.00	$33,058.13	9.9	—
1912	$1,020.00	$35,452.77	9.6	—
1911	$933.00	$33,428.49	9.3	—
1910	$752.00	$26,943.44	9.3	—
1909	$655.00	$24,313.45	9.0	—
1908	$650.00	$24,127.85	9.0	—
1907	$842.00	$30,118.44	9.4	—
1906	$877.00	$32,607.52	9.0	—
1905	$692.00	$25,771.70	9.0	—
1904	$617.00	$22,940.53	9.0	—
1903	$619.00	$22,977.14	9.0	—
1902	$591.00	$22,735.68	8.7	—
1901	$368.00	$14,753.47	8.4	—
1900	$659.00	$26,463.33	8.3	Malayan Dredge Mining Era & Tin Can Revolution

Frequently Asked Questions: Tin History

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What does this tin chart measure?: Annual Tin benchmark price. World Bank annual nominal observations from the Pink Sheet workbook. Unit conversions and CPI adjustments are calculated by CommoditiesHistory.com. No incomplete 2026 annual value is included. Before 1960, the series uses USGS nominal unit values. The measure changes to the World Bank benchmark in 1960.
What is the highest annual tin value in this dataset?: $34,059 ($/metric ton) in 2025 annual value. This is the highest annual observation within 1900–2025, rather than a daily market record.
How are inflation-adjusted prices calculated?: Each nominal observation is multiplied by the site’s reference CPI divided by the CPI for that observation’s year. The same inflation calculation is used across commodity charts.

Cite This Dataset

World Bank: Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet): Tin — Data providers: Bloomberg Finance L.P.; Engineering and Mining Journal; Platts Metals Week; Thomson Reuters Datastream; World Bank. — Underlying source data: CC BY 4.0. Source terms and acknowledgment requirements. Unit conversions and inflation adjustments by CommoditiesHistory.com.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Tin Historical Statistics, Data Series 140

APA (7th Edition)

Commodities History Project. (2026). Tin Historical Prices and Inflation-Adjusted Series (1900–2025) [Data set]. CommoditiesHistory.com. https://commoditieshistory.com/tin

BibTeX

@dataset{commoditieshistory_tin_2026,
  author = {{Commodities History Project}},
  title = {Tin Historical Prices and Inflation-Adjusted Series (1900–2025)},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {CommoditiesHistory.com},
  url = {https://commoditieshistory.com/tin}
}