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   Japan   845.9     5.1%  
  9   India   840.7     9.5%  
  10   Netherlands   612.4     61.6%  
  —   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%  
  Total