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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 |
69.7% |
| 2 |
Germany |
3,352.6 |
69.0% |
| 3 |
Italy |
2,451.8 |
66.0% |
| 4 |
France |
2,437.0 |
66.8% |
| 5 |
Russia |
2,329.6 |
26.2% |
| 6 |
China |
2,245.3 |
4.3% |
| 7 |
Switzerland |
1,040.0 |
7.9% |
| 8 |
Japan |
846.0 |
4.3% |
| 9 |
India |
812.3 |
8.5% |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
612.5 |
58.3% |
| 11 |
Turkey |
522.0 |
30.0% |
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European Central Bank |
506.5 |
33.9% |
| 12 |
Taiwan |
422.4 |
4.7% |
| 13 |
Portugal |
382.6 |
72.3% |
| 14 |
Iraq |
380.3 |
12.5% |
| 15 |
Uzbekistan |
371.4 |
71.2% |
| 16 |
Poland |
358.7 |
12.5% |
| 17 |
Saudi Arabia |
323.1 |
4.7% |
| 18 |
United Kingdom |
310.3 |
11.8% |
| 19 |
Kazakhstan |
300.4 |
53.9% |
| 20 |
Lebanon |
286.8 |
56.8% |
| 21 |
Spain |
281.6 |
18.0% |
| 22 |
Austria |
280.0 |
59.6% |
| 23 |
Thailand |
244.2 |
7.3% |
| 24 |
Singapore |
230.0 |
4.1% |
| 25 |
Belgium |
227.4 |
37.1% |
| 26 |
Algeria |
173.6 |
14.1% |
| 27 |
Venezuela |
161.2 |
84.6% |
| 28 |
Philippines |
159.0 |
10.1% |
| 29 |
Brazil |
129.7 |
2.4% |
| 30 |
Egypt |
126.2 |
25.1% |
| 31 |
Sweden |
125.7 |
13.6% |
| 32 |
South Africa |
125.4 |
13.5% |
| 33 |
Mexico |
120.1 |
3.6% |
| 34 |
Libya |
116.6 |
9.5% |
| 35 |
Greece |
114.4 |
57.1% |
| 36 |
South Korea |
104.4 |
1.6% |
| 37 |
Romania |
103.6 |
9.3% |
| 38 |
Qatar |
101.0 |
12.9% |
| 39 |
Hungary |
94.5 |
12.4% |
| 40 |
Australia |
79.9 |
9.4% |
| 41 |
Kuwait |
79.0 |
9.9% |
| 42 |
Indonesia |
78.6 |
3.5% |
| 43 |
United Arab Emirates |
74.5 |
2.6% |
| 44 |
Jordan |
74.3 |
25.7% |
| 45 |
Denmark |
66.5 |
4.0% |
| 46 |
Pakistan |
64.7 |
31.3% |
| 47 |
Argentina |
61.7 |
14.7% |
| 48 |
Belarus |
54.0 |
44.0% |
| 49 |
Finland |
49.0 |
19.2% |
| 50 |
Cambodia |
42.5 |
14.9% |
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Total |
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