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Gold to US Industrial Electricity Ratio
The gold to us industrial electricity ratio is 533.6 — Gold at $4,648.03 per Troy Ounce divided by US Industrial Electricity at $8.71 per Kilowatt Hour.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Gold to US Industrial Electricity ratio
1.000 T.oz of gold = 533.643 kWh of us industrial electricity
Inverse (ELEC-IND-US/XAU): 0.001874 — one Kilowatt Hour of us industrial electricity buys that much gold.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (67th percentile of the last 1 year)
Gold
$4,648.03
per Troy Ounce
US Industrial Electricity
$8.71
per Kilowatt Hour
Unit basis: USD per Troy Ounce ÷ USD per Kilowatt Hour. The ratio reads as Kilowatt Hours of us industrial electricity per Troy Ounce of gold. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:47 GMT.
1Y average
530.4
median 526.1
1Y low
467.3
Jan 1, 2026
1Y high
626.9
Mar 1, 2026
Normal band
482.2–578.5
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.07σ
6 observations
Gold to US Industrial Electricity ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the XAU/ELEC-IND-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Gold / US Industrial Electricity price chart below.
XAU/ELEC-IND-US ratio line
How many kWh of US Industrial Electricity one T.oz of Gold buys, over 1Y.
XAU/ELEC-IND-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the XAU/ELEC-IND-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Gold and US Industrial Electricity prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the gold to us industrial electricity ratio
Gold to US Industrial Electricity ratio = Gold price per Troy Ounce ÷ US Industrial Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilowatt Hours of us industrial electricity per Troy Ounce of gold — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $4,648.03 ÷ $8.71 = 533.6. The inverse is 0.001874.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the gold to us industrial electricity ratio today?
The gold to us industrial electricity ratio is 533.6 — Gold at $4,648.03 per Troy Ounce divided by US Industrial Electricity at $8.71 per Kilowatt Hour, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the gold to us industrial electricity ratio?
Divide the gold price per Troy Ounce by the us industrial electricity price per Kilowatt Hour. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilowatt Hours of us industrial electricity per Troy Ounce of gold.
What is the inverse of the gold to us industrial electricity ratio?
The inverse, us industrial electricity to gold, is 0.001874 — how many Troy Ounces of gold one Kilowatt Hour of us industrial electricity buys.