About Gold: World Gold Holdings
Tonnes |
Gold's % share of
reserves** |
Tonnes |
Gold's % share of
reserves** |
| 1 | United States |
8,133.5 |
75.3% |
51 |
Ukraine | 25.7 |
1.8% |
|
| 2 | Germany |
3,417.4 |
62.9% |
52 |
Morocco | 22.0 |
2.0% |
|
| 3 | IMF |
3,217.3 |
(1) |
53 |
Nigeria | 21.4 |
1.0% |
|
| 4 | France |
2,622.3 |
52.6% |
54 |
Belarus | 20.1 |
16.7% |
|
| 5 | Italy |
2,451.8 |
64.8% |
55 |
Cyprus | 14.5 |
5.4% |
|
| 6 | Switzerland |
1,166.3 |
37.7% |
56 |
Korea | 14.3 |
0.1% |
|
| 7 | Japan |
765.2 |
1.8% |
57 |
Brazil | 13.7 |
0.2% |
|
| 8 | Netherlands |
624.5 |
57.6% |
58 |
Czech Republic | 13.3 |
0.9% |
|
| 9 | ECB |
604.7 |
23.4% |
59 |
Neths Antilles | 13.1 |
32.7% |
|
| 10 | China |
600.0 |
0.9% |
60 |
Jordan | 12.7 |
3.6% |
|
| 11 | Russia | 438.2 |
2.2% |
61 |
Cambodia | 12.4 |
14.9% |
|
| 12 | Taiwan |
423.3 |
3.3% |
62 |
Serbia | 12.0 |
1.9% |
|
| 13 | Portugal | 382.6 |
90.9% |
63 |
Qatar | 10.9 |
3.8% |
|
| 14 | India |
357.7 |
3.0% |
64 |
Latvia | 7.7 |
3.1% |
|
| 15 | Venezuela |
356.8 |
26.8% |
65 |
El Salvador | 7.3 |
6.4% |
|
| 16 | United Kingdom |
310.3 |
12.6% |
66 |
Myanmar | 7.2 |
12.0% |
|
| 17 | Spain |
286.8 |
31.8% |
67 |
GEMAC 5 | 7.1 |
1.4% |
|
| 18 | Lebanon | 310.3 |
35.3% |
68 |
Guatemala | 6.9 |
3.6% |
|
| 19 | Austria |
286.8 |
37.9% |
69 |
Colombia | 6.9 |
0.7% |
|
| 20 | Belgium |
227.6 |
33.4% |
70 |
Macedonia, FYR | 6.8 |
6.7% |
|
| 21 | Algeria |
1736. |
3.5% |
71 |
Tunisia | 6.8 |
2.0% |
|
| 22 | Sweden |
150.3 |
10.6% |
72 |
Lao | 6.5 |
22.6% |
|
| 23 | Libya |
143.8 |
3.9% |
73 |
Iraq | 5.9 |
0.9% |
|
| 24 | Saudi Arabia |
143.0 |
9.0% |
74 |
Lithuania | 5.8 |
1.6% |
|
| 25 | BIS |
142.7 |
1) |
75 |
Ireland | 5.5 |
13.5% |
|
| 26 | Singapore | 127.4 |
1.8% |
76 |
Sri Lanka | 5.2 |
3.8% |
|
| 27 | Philippines |
126.9 |
9.0% |
77 |
Bahrain | 4.7 |
0.5% |
|
| 28 | South Africa |
124.1 |
8.9% |
78 |
Mexico | 3.9 |
0.1% |
|
| 29 | Turkey |
116.1 |
3.3% |
79 |
Bangladesh | 3.5 |
1.4% |
|
| 30 | Greece |
112.3 |
79.0% |
80 |
Canada | 3.4 |
0.2% |
|
| 31 | Romania |
103.7 |
5.9% |
81 |
Slovenia | 3.2 |
6.2% |
|
| 32 | Poland |
102.9 |
3.8% |
82 |
Aruba | 3.1 |
16.7% |
|
| 33 | Thailand |
84.0 |
2.2% |
83 |
Hungary | 3.1 |
0.3% |
|
| 34 | Australia |
79.8 |
5.3% |
84 |
Mozambigque | 3.0 |
4.3% |
|
| 35 | Kuwait |
79.0 |
8.2% |
85 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 2.6 |
5.3% |
|
| 36 | Egypt | 75.6 |
5.4% |
86 |
Luxembourg | 2.3 |
19.1% |
|
| 37 | Indonesia |
73.1 |
3.0% |
87 |
Albania | 2.2 |
2.2% |
|
| 38 | Denmark |
66.5 |
4.0% |
88 |
Hong Kong | 2.1 |
0.0% |
|
| 39 | Pakistan |
65.3 |
8.7% |
89 |
Iceland | 2.0 |
1.7% |
|
| 40 | Kazakhstan |
62.7 |
8.0% |
90 |
Papua New Guinea | 2.0 |
2.2% |
|
| 41 | Argentina |
54.7 |
2.8% |
91 |
Mauritus | 1.9 |
3.5% |
|
| 42 | Finland |
49.1 |
13.4% |
92 |
Tajikistan | 1.6 |
14.3% |
|
| 43 | Bulgaria |
39.8 |
5.2% |
93 |
Yemen | 1.6 |
0.7% |
|
| 44 | WAEMU 3 |
36.5 |
8.2% |
94 |
Suriname | 1.3 |
7.0% |
|
| 45 | Malaysia |
36.4 |
0.8% |
95 |
Cameroon | 0.9 |
0.9% |
|
| 46 | Slovak Republic |
35.1 |
4.1% |
96 |
Hondas | 0.7 |
0.6% |
|
| 47 | Peru |
34.7 |
3.1% |
97 |
Dominican Rep. | 0.6 |
0.5% |
|
| 48 | Bolivia |
28.3 |
12.9% |
98 |
Gabon | 0.4 |
0.7% |
|
| 49 | Ecuador |
26.3 |
16.0% |
99 |
Malawi | 0.4 |
3.7% |
|
| 50 | Syria |
25.9 |
1) |
100 |
Central African Rep | 0.4 |
5.7% |
| Memorandum | Tonnes |
Gold's % share of
Reserves** |
| World | 29,955 |
(1) |
| All Countries | 26,595 |
9.9% |
| Euro Area (incl. ECBIS) | 11,065 |
56.1% |
| CBGA 1 signatories7 | 12,579 |
48.7% |
| CBGA 2 signatories7 | 12,381 |
52.0% |
NOTES
* This table was updated on December 14, 2007 and reports data available on that date. Data are taken from the
International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics (IFS), December 2007 edition, and other sources where
applicable. IFS data are two months in arrears, so holdings are as of October 2007 for most countries, September 2007 or
earlier for late reporters. The table does not list all gold holders: countries which have not reported their gold holdings to the
IMF in the last six months are not included, while other countries are known to hold gold but they do not report their holdings
publicly. Where the WGC knows of movements that are not reported to the IMF or misprints, changes have been made. The
countries showing as having 0.0 tonnes of gold report some gold but less than 0.05 tonnes to the IMF.
**The percentage share held in gold of total foreign reserves, as calculated by the World Gold Council. The value of gold
holdings is calculated using the end-Oct gold price of $789.50 per troy ounce (there are 32,151 troy ounces in a metric
tonne). Data for the value of other reserves are taken from IFS, table ‘Foreign Exchange and Total Reserves minus Gold’.
1. BIS and IMF balance sheets do not allow this percentage to be calculated. In the case of any countries, up to date data for
other reserves are not available.
2. Excluding gold out on swap.
3. West African Economic Monetary Union including the central bank.
4. FX reserves not published and it is therefore not possible to calculate gold as a percentage of total reserves.
5. As of Nov 1. Including gold on inward swap and excluding gold on outward swap.
6. Central African Economic and Monetary Union including the central bank.
7. Signatories to the first Central Bank Gold Agreement of September 1999 were the ECB and other Eurozone central banks
(excluding Greece which was not a Eurozone member in 1999) plus Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The second
Agreement announced in March 2004 originally had the same signatories with the addition of Greece and the exclusion of the
UK. Slovenia joined the agreement on December 22, 2006 just prior to its adoption of the euro.
