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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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