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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 |
83.3% |
| 2 |
Germany |
3,350.3 |
84.0% |
| 3 |
Italy |
2,451.8 |
80.6% |
| 4 |
France |
2,437.0 |
81.8% |
| 5 |
China |
2,313.4 |
9.1% |
| 6 |
Russia |
2,304.7 |
40.6% |
| 7 |
Switzerland |
1,039.9 |
15.2% |
| 9 |
Japan |
845.9 |
9.1% |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
612.5 |
74.2% |
| 11 |
Poland |
581.6 |
29.5% |
| 12 |
Turkey |
534.8 |
61.6% |
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European Central Bank |
508.4 |
56.2% |
| 13 |
Uzbekistan |
415.5 |
88.3% |
| 14 |
Portugal |
382.7 |
79.9% |
| 15 |
Kazakhstan |
353.5 |
77.2% |
| 16 |
Saudi Arabia |
323.1 |
10.0% |
| 17 |
United Kingdom |
310.3 |
21.0% |
| 18 |
Lebanon |
286.8 |
82.4% |
| 19 |
Spain |
281.6 |
33.8% |
| 20 |
Austria |
280.0 |
75.8% |
| 21 |
Thailand |
234.5 |
12.4% |
| 22 |
Belgium |
227.4 |
59.6% |
| 23 |
Azerbaijan |
200.0 |
38.2% |
| 24 |
Singapore |
193.8 |
6.4% |
| 25 |
Iraq |
174.6 |
27.1% |
| 26 |
Algeria |
173.6 |
34.8% |
| 27 |
Brazil |
172.4 |
7.0% |
| 28 |
Libya |
146.6 |
20.4% |
| 29 |
Philippines |
133.5 |
18.6% |
| 30 |
Egypt |
129.5 |
38.2% |
| 31 |
Sweden |
125.7 |
24.8% |
| 32 |
South Africa |
125.5 |
23.2% |
| 33 |
Mexico |
120.1 |
6.6% |
| 34 |
Qatar |
115.2 |
30.3% |
| 35 |
Greece |
114.7 |
69.5% |
| 36 |
Hungary |
110.0 |
24.1% |
| 37 |
South Korea |
104.4 |
3.3% |
| 38 |
Romania |
103.6 |
16.6% |
| 39 |
Indonesia |
87.0 |
8.7% |
| 40 |
Australia |
79.8 |
16.7% |
| 41 |
Kuwait |
79.0 |
23.7% |
| 42 |
Czech Republic |
76.6 |
6.3% |
| 43 |
United Arab Emirates |
74.5 |
4.1% |
| 44 |
Jordan |
70.8 |
41.5% |
| 45 |
Denmark |
66.5 |
8.3% |
| 46 |
Pakistan |
64.8 |
35.1% |
| 47 |
Argentina |
61.7 |
21.8% |
| 48 |
Cambodia |
54.4 |
27.7% |
| 49 |
Belarus |
53.8 |
49.3% |
| 50 |
Serbia |
53.8 |
27.0% |
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