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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 |
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 |
900.0 |
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% |
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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 |
51.5 |
16.4% |
| 49 |
Finland |
43.7 |
22.5% |
| 50 |
Bulgaria |
40.8 |
9.0% |
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Total |
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