S&P 500 dividend yield — (12 month dividend per share)/price.
Current yield is estimated using the latest S&P dividend reports (updated March 2012), divided by the current market price.
Data courtesy Standard & Poor’s and Robert Shiller.
| Date | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2012-05-16 | 2.06 |
| 2012-01-01 | 2.06 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.79 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1.98 |
| 2009-01-01 | 3.24 |
| 2008-01-01 | 2.03 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1.76 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1.75 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1.67 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1.55 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.80 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1.38 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1.21 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1.16 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1.30 |
| 1998-01-01 | 1.61 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.95 |
| 1996-01-01 | 2.26 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2.83 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2.67 |
| 1993-01-01 | 2.85 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.94 |
| 1991-01-01 | 3.72 |
| 1990-01-01 | 3.28 |
| 1989-01-01 | 3.44 |
| 1988-01-01 | 3.54 |
| 1987-01-01 | 3.14 |
| 1986-01-01 | 3.81 |
| 1985-01-01 | 4.41 |
| 1984-01-01 | 4.28 |
| 1983-01-01 | 4.77 |
| 1982-01-01 | 5.68 |
| 1981-01-01 | 4.66 |
| 1980-01-01 | 5.14 |
| 1979-01-01 | 5.12 |
| 1978-01-01 | 5.22 |
| 1977-01-01 | 3.95 |
| 1976-01-01 | 3.80 |
| 1975-01-01 | 4.99 |
| 1974-01-01 | 3.54 |
| 1973-01-01 | 2.67 |
| 1972-01-01 | 2.97 |
| 1971-01-01 | 3.35 |
| 1970-01-01 | 3.50 |
| 1969-01-01 | 3.02 |
| 1968-01-01 | 3.08 |
| 1967-01-01 | 3.41 |
| 1966-01-01 | 2.94 |
| 1965-01-01 | 2.93 |
| 1964-01-01 | 3.01 |
| 1963-01-01 | 3.29 |
| 1962-01-01 | 2.94 |
| 1961-01-01 | 3.27 |
| 1960-01-01 | 3.22 |
| 1959-01-01 | 3.16 |
| 1958-01-01 | 4.33 |
| 1957-01-01 | 3.83 |
| 1956-01-01 | 3.78 |
| 1955-01-01 | 4.35 |
| 1954-01-01 | 5.73 |
| 1953-01-01 | 5.39 |
| 1952-01-01 | 5.83 |
| 1951-01-01 | 7.02 |
| 1950-01-01 | 6.81 |
| 1949-01-01 | 6.18 |
| 1948-01-01 | 5.66 |
| 1947-01-01 | 4.67 |
| 1946-01-01 | 3.72 |
| 1945-01-01 | 4.74 |
| 1944-01-01 | 5.15 |
| 1943-01-01 | 5.85 |
| 1942-01-01 | 7.84 |
| 1941-01-01 | 6.35 |
| 1940-01-01 | 5.04 |
| 1939-01-01 | 4.08 |
| 1938-01-01 | 6.98 |
| 1937-01-01 | 4.15 |
| 1936-01-01 | 3.49 |
| 1935-01-01 | 4.86 |
| 1934-01-01 | 4.17 |
| 1933-01-01 | 7.05 |
| 1932-01-01 | 9.52 |
| 1931-01-01 | 6.07 |
| 1930-01-01 | 4.47 |
| 1929-01-01 | 3.46 |
| 1928-01-01 | 4.45 |
| 1927-01-01 | 5.22 |
| 1926-01-01 | 4.82 |
| 1925-01-01 | 5.20 |
| 1924-01-01 | 6.00 |
| 1923-01-01 | 5.73 |
| 1922-01-01 | 6.30 |
| 1921-01-01 | 7.17 |
| 1920-01-01 | 6.00 |
| 1919-01-01 | 7.26 |
| 1918-01-01 | 9.43 |
| 1917-01-01 | 5.96 |
| 1916-01-01 | 4.72 |
| 1915-01-01 | 5.61 |
| 1914-01-01 | 5.73 |
| 1913-01-01 | 5.16 |
| 1912-01-01 | 5.15 |
| 1911-01-01 | 5.07 |
| 1910-01-01 | 4.37 |
| 1909-01-01 | 4.42 |
| 1908-01-01 | 6.42 |
| 1907-01-01 | 4.18 |
| 1906-01-01 | 3.44 |
| 1905-01-01 | 3.68 |
| 1904-01-01 | 5.24 |
| 1903-01-01 | 3.90 |
| 1902-01-01 | 3.94 |
| 1901-01-01 | 4.24 |
| 1900-01-01 | 3.61 |
| 1899-01-01 | 3.29 |
| 1898-01-01 | 3.69 |
| 1897-01-01 | 4.27 |
| 1896-01-01 | 4.45 |
| 1895-01-01 | 4.94 |
| 1894-01-01 | 5.79 |
| 1893-01-01 | 4.28 |
| 1892-01-01 | 3.99 |
| 1891-01-01 | 4.55 |
| 1890-01-01 | 4.09 |
| 1889-01-01 | 4.39 |
| 1888-01-01 | 4.71 |
| 1887-01-01 | 3.94 |
| 1886-01-01 | 4.62 |
| 1885-01-01 | 7.08 |
| 1884-01-01 | 6.37 |
| 1883-01-01 | 5.51 |
| 1882-01-01 | 5.41 |
| 1881-01-01 | 4.36 |
| 1880-01-01 | 4.11 |
| 1879-01-01 | 5.03 |
| 1878-01-01 | 5.85 |
| 1877-01-01 | 8.17 |
| 1876-01-01 | 6.73 |
| 1875-01-01 | 7.27 |
| 1874-01-01 | 7.08 |
| 1873-01-01 | 5.87 |
| 1872-01-01 | 5.35 |
| 1871-01-01 | 5.86 |