12-month real dividend per share — April 2012 dollars.
Data courtesy Standard & Poor’s and Robert Shiller.
| Date | Real Dividend |
|---|---|
| 2012-03-01 | 27.43 |
| 2012-01-01 | 27.14 |
| 2011-01-01 | 23.99 |
| 2010-01-01 | 23.62 |
| 2009-01-01 | 30.52 |
| 2008-01-01 | 30.43 |
| 2007-01-01 | 28.51 |
| 2006-01-01 | 26.00 |
| 2005-01-01 | 23.77 |
| 2004-01-01 | 21.87 |
| 2003-01-01 | 20.41 |
| 2002-01-01 | 20.45 |
| 2001-01-01 | 21.25 |
| 2000-01-01 | 22.59 |
| 1999-01-01 | 22.80 |
| 1998-01-01 | 22.14 |
| 1997-01-01 | 21.62 |
| 1996-01-01 | 20.70 |
| 1995-01-01 | 20.18 |
| 1994-01-01 | 19.86 |
| 1993-01-01 | 20.02 |
| 1992-01-01 | 20.39 |
| 1991-01-01 | 20.70 |
| 1990-01-01 | 20.12 |
| 1989-01-01 | 18.64 |
| 1988-01-01 | 17.62 |
| 1987-01-01 | 17.17 |
| 1986-01-01 | 16.67 |
| 1985-01-01 | 16.51 |
| 1984-01-01 | 16.08 |
| 1983-01-01 | 16.19 |
| 1982-01-01 | 16.25 |
| 1981-01-01 | 16.40 |
| 1980-01-01 | 16.86 |
| 1979-01-01 | 17.21 |
| 1978-01-01 | 17.34 |
| 1977-01-01 | 16.13 |
| 1976-01-01 | 15.23 |
| 1975-01-01 | 15.99 |
| 1974-01-01 | 16.79 |
| 1973-01-01 | 17.07 |
| 1972-01-01 | 17.19 |
| 1971-01-01 | 18.09 |
| 1970-01-01 | 19.23 |
| 1969-01-01 | 19.91 |
| 1968-01-01 | 19.77 |
| 1967-01-01 | 20.14 |
| 1966-01-01 | 19.82 |
| 1965-01-01 | 18.58 |
| 1964-01-01 | 17.13 |
| 1963-01-01 | 16.20 |
| 1962-01-01 | 15.57 |
| 1961-01-01 | 15.06 |
| 1960-01-01 | 14.68 |
| 1959-01-01 | 13.96 |
| 1958-01-01 | 14.32 |
| 1957-01-01 | 14.51 |
| 1956-01-01 | 14.34 |
| 1955-01-01 | 13.36 |
| 1954-01-01 | 12.49 |
| 1953-01-01 | 12.20 |
| 1952-01-01 | 12.24 |
| 1951-01-01 | 13.50 |
| 1950-01-01 | 11.26 |
| 1949-01-01 | 9.11 |
| 1948-01-01 | 8.15 |
| 1947-01-01 | 7.60 |
| 1946-01-01 | 8.47 |
| 1945-01-01 | 8.27 |
| 1944-01-01 | 8.07 |
| 1943-01-01 | 8.03 |
| 1942-01-01 | 10.26 |
| 1941-01-01 | 10.93 |
| 1940-01-01 | 10.26 |
| 1939-01-01 | 8.38 |
| 1938-01-01 | 12.80 |
| 1937-01-01 | 11.91 |
| 1936-01-01 | 8.00 |
| 1935-01-01 | 7.61 |
| 1934-01-01 | 7.67 |
| 1933-01-01 | 8.92 |
| 1932-01-01 | 12.71 |
| 1931-01-01 | 14.04 |
| 1930-01-01 | 13.05 |
| 1929-01-01 | 11.57 |
| 1928-01-01 | 10.37 |
| 1927-01-01 | 9.20 |
| 1926-01-01 | 7.84 |
| 1925-01-01 | 7.31 |
| 1924-01-01 | 7.05 |
| 1923-01-01 | 6.98 |
| 1922-01-01 | 6.26 |
| 1921-01-01 | 6.18 |
| 1920-01-01 | 6.32 |
| 1919-01-01 | 7.95 |
| 1918-01-01 | 11.18 |
| 1917-01-01 | 11.21 |
| 1916-01-01 | 9.73 |
| 1915-01-01 | 9.57 |
| 1914-01-01 | 11.04 |
| 1913-01-01 | 11.27 |
| 1912-01-01 | 11.84 |
| 1911-01-01 | 11.72 |
| 1910-01-01 | 10.23 |
| 1909-01-01 | 10.29 |
| 1908-01-01 | 11.69 |
| 1907-01-01 | 10.40 |
| 1906-01-01 | 9.24 |
| 1905-01-01 | 8.42 |
| 1904-01-01 | 9.73 |
| 1903-01-01 | 8.77 |
| 1902-01-01 | 9.32 |
| 1901-01-01 | 8.95 |
| 1900-01-01 | 6.41 |
| 1899-01-01 | 6.81 |
| 1898-01-01 | 6.22 |
| 1897-01-01 | 6.40 |
| 1896-01-01 | 6.56 |
| 1895-01-01 | 7.35 |
| 1894-01-01 | 8.40 |
| 1893-01-01 | 6.99 |
| 1892-01-01 | 6.91 |
| 1891-01-01 | 6.49 |
| 1890-01-01 | 6.65 |
| 1889-01-01 | 6.62 |
| 1888-01-01 | 6.87 |
| 1887-01-01 | 6.34 |
| 1886-01-01 | 6.91 |
| 1885-01-01 | 8.34 |
| 1884-01-01 | 8.23 |
| 1883-01-01 | 7.37 |
| 1882-01-01 | 7.23 |
| 1881-01-01 | 6.59 |
| 1880-01-01 | 4.84 |
| 1879-01-01 | 5.00 |
| 1878-01-01 | 4.74 |
| 1877-01-01 | 6.10 |
| 1876-01-01 | 6.36 |
| 1875-01-01 | 6.60 |
| 1874-01-01 | 6.14 |
| 1873-01-01 | 5.33 |
| 1872-01-01 | 4.73 |
| 1871-01-01 | 4.80 |