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Gold reserve
A gold reserve is the gold held by a central bank or nation intended as a store of value and as a guarantee to redeem promises to pay depositors, note holders (e.g., paper money), or trading peers, or to secure a currency.
Gold reserve |
Rank |
Country |
Gold (tonnes) |
Gold's share of national forex reserves |
1 |
United States |
8,133.5 |
71.3% |
2 |
Germany |
3,352.3 |
70.6% |
3 |
Italy |
2,451.8 |
67.6% |
4 |
France |
2,436.9 |
68.6% |
5 |
Russia |
2,332.7 |
28.1% |
6 |
China |
2,262.5 |
4.6% |
7 |
Switzerland |
1,040.0 |
8.0% |
8 |
Japan |
846.0 |
4.7% |
9 |
India |
822.1 |
8.9% |
10 |
Netherlands |
612.5 |
60.5% |
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European Central Bank |
506.5 |
33.9% |
12 |
Taiwan |
422.4 |
4.7% |
13 |
Portugal |
382.6 |
73.3% |
14 |
Poland |
359.9 |
12.7% |
15 |
Uzbekistan |
357.7 |
74.3% |
16 |
Saudi Arabia |
323.1 |
4.7% |
17 |
Kazakhstan |
310.6 |
58.4% |
18 |
United Kingdom |
310.3 |
12.6% |
19 |
Lebanon |
286.8 |
54.5% |
20 |
Spain |
281.6 |
19.3% |
21 |
Austria |
280.0 |
62.0% |
22 |
Singapore |
236.6 |
4.5% |
23 |
Thailand |
234.5 |
7.5% |
24 |
Belgium |
227.4 |
38.8% |
25 |
Algeria |
173.6 |
15.1% |
26 |
Venezuela |
161.2 |
83.0% |
27 |
Philippines |
159.1 |
10.2% |
28 |
Libya |
146.7 |
11.2% |
29 |
Iraq |
129.7 |
8.5% |
30 |
Brazil |
126.5 |
2.6% |
31 |
Egypt |
126.4 |
23.6% |
32 |
Sweden |
125.7 |
14.6% |
33 |
South Africa |
125.4 |
14.3% |
34 |
Mexico |
120.4 |
3.9% |
35 |
Greece |
114.4 |
58.0% |
36 |
South Korea |
104.4 |
1.7% |
37 |
Romania |
103.6 |
9.6% |
38 |
Qatar |
102.5 |
14.0% |
39 |
Hungary |
94.5 |
13.5% |
40 |
Australia |
79.9 |
10.3% |
41 |
Kuwait |
79.0 |
10.0% |
42 |
Indonesia |
78.6 |
3.6% |
43 |
United Arab Emirates |
74.5 |
2.6% |
44 |
Jordan |
66.67 |
24.3% |
45 |
Denmark |
66.5 |
4.1% |
46 |
Pakistan |
64.7 |
33.2% |
47 |
Argentina |
61.7 |
16.2% |
48 |
Belarus |
54.0 |
46.1% |
49 |
Finland |
49.0 |
20.3% |
50 |
Cambodia |
42.5 |
14.1% |
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Total |
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