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.     77.8%  
  2   Germany   3,350.2     77.5%  
  3   Italy   2,451.8     74.2%  
  4   France   2,437.0     74.9%  
  5   Russia   2,332.7     29.5%  
  6   China   2,298.5     6.7%  
  7   Switzerland   1,039.9     9.6%  
  8   India   879.9     13.0%  
  9   Japan   845.9     6.8%  
  10   Turkey   634.7     50.1%  
  11   Netherlands   612.4     68.0%  
  12   Poland   515.4     22.0%  
  —   European Central Bank   506.5     33.9%  
  13   Taiwan   422.4     4.7%  
  14   Portugal   382.6     84.2%  
  15   Uzbekistan   364.5     79.1%  
  16   Saudi Arabia   323.1     4.7%  
  17   United Kingdom   310.2     16.5%  
  18   Kazakhstan   306.1     62.0%  
  19   Spain   281.5     25.4%  
  20   Austria   279.9     68.6%  
  21   Thailand   234.5     9.4%  
  22   Belgium   227.4     49.2%  
  23   Singapore   204.1     5.1%  
  24   Algeria   173.5     23.0%  
  25   Venezuela   161.2     83.0%  
  26   Libya   146.6     15.5%  
  27   Philippines   129.7     12.9%  
  28   Brazil   129.6     3.9%  
  29   Egypt   128.5     23.7%  
  30   Sweden   125.7     19.2%  
  31   South Africa   125.4     19.3%  
  32   Mexico   120.1     5.0%  
  33   Qatar   116.1     22.2%  
  34   Greece   114.5     61.3%  
  35   Hungary   110.0     21.0%  
  36   South Korea   104.4     2.1%  
  37   Romania   103.6     13.8%  
  38   Australia   79.8     13.1%  
  39   Kuwait   79.0     10.0%  
  40   Indonesia   78.6     3.6%  
  41   United Arab Emirates   74.5     2.6%  
  42   Jordan   72.8     33.6%  
  43   Denmark   66.5     4.1%  
  44   Pakistan   64.7     30.1%  
  46   Argentina   61.7     16.3%  
  47   Belarus   53.8     49.3%  
  48   Serbia   50.3     16.4%  
  49   Finland   43.7     22.5%  
  50   Bulgaria   40.8     9.0%  
  Total