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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 |
72.4% |
| 2 |
Germany |
3,351.5 |
71.5% |
| 3 |
Italy |
2,451.8 |
68.3% |
| 4 |
France |
2,436.9 |
69.9% |
| 5 |
Russia |
2,335.9 |
29.5% |
| 6 |
China |
2,264.3 |
4.9% |
| 7 |
Switzerland |
1,040.0 |
8.0% |
| 8 |
India |
854.7 |
9.5% |
| 9 |
Japan |
845.9 |
5.1% |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
612.4 |
61.6% |
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European Central Bank |
506.5 |
33.9% |
| 12 |
Taiwan |
422.4 |
4.7% |
| 13 |
Poland |
420.0 |
15.9% |
| 14 |
Portugal |
382.6 |
74.0% |
| 15 |
Uzbekistan |
365.1 |
75.2% |
| 16 |
Saudi Arabia |
323.1 |
4.7% |
| 17 |
United Kingdom |
310.2 |
13.4% |
| 18 |
Kazakhstan |
298.8 |
56.0% |
| 19 |
Lebanon |
286.8 |
54.5% |
| 20 |
Spain |
281.6 |
20.1% |
| 21 |
Austria |
279.9 |
63.2% |
| 22 |
Iraq |
245.6 |
9.5% |
| 23 |
Thailand |
234.5 |
7.8% |
| 24 |
Singapore |
228.8 |
4.4% |
| 25 |
Belgium |
227.4 |
39.9% |
| 26 |
Algeria |
173.6 |
15.1% |
| 27 |
Venezuela |
161.2 |
83.0% |
| 28 |
Philippines |
159.1 |
10.2% |
| 29 |
Libya |
146.7 |
11.2% |
| 30 |
Brazil |
129.6 |
2.7% |
| 31 |
Egypt |
126.5 |
21.4% |
| 32 |
Sweden |
125.7 |
15.2% |
| 33 |
South Africa |
125.4 |
15.1% |
| 34 |
Mexico |
120.1 |
3.9% |
| 35 |
Greece |
114.4 |
60.3% |
| 36 |
Hungary |
110.0 |
14.3% |
| 37 |
Qatar |
106.4 |
15.1% |
| 38 |
South Korea |
104.4 |
1.7% |
| 39 |
Romania |
103.6 |
10.1% |
| 40 |
Australia |
79.8 |
10.1% |
| 41 |
Kuwait |
79.0 |
10.0% |
| 42 |
Indonesia |
78.6 |
3.6% |
| 43 |
United Arab Emirates |
74.5 |
2.6% |
| 44 |
Jordan |
70.0 |
26.6% |
| 45 |
Denmark |
66.5 |
4.1% |
| 46 |
Pakistan |
64.7 |
31.3% |
| 47 |
Argentina |
61.7 |
15.9% |
| 48 |
Belarus |
54.0 |
48.4% |
| 49 |
Finland |
49.0 |
21.0% |
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Total |
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