Countries with the largest gold reserves in the world

Gold plays an important part in central banks’ reserves management, and they are significant holders of gold. This gold reserve data tracks central banks’ reported purchases and sales along with gold as a percentage of their international reserves.

After this brief introduction, let’s see now the ranking of the countries in the world by gold reserves.

At the top of the ranking of the countries that have the most gold in the world are the USA with 8134 tons of gold, followed by Germany with 3362 tons and Italy with 2452 tons. In fourth place is France with 2436 tons, followed by Russia with 2295 tons and China with 1948 tons of gold. In the last three places of the gold reserve ranking we find Jordan with 44 tons, Bolivia with 43 tons and Bulgaria with 41 tons of gold.

Rank	Countries	Tonnes	% of foreign reserves
1	United States	8134	78%
2	Germany	3362	75%
3	Italy	2452	69%
4	France	2436	65%
5	Russian Federation	2295	22%
6	China	1948	3%
7	Switzerland	1010	5%
8	Japan	765	3%
9	India	688	7%
10	Netherlands	613	67%
11	Turkey	515	35%
12	ECB	505	35%
13	Taiwan	424	4%
14	Kazakhstan	392	64%
15	Portugal	383	80%
16	Uzbekistan	348	59%
17	Saudi Arabia	323	4%
18	United Kingdom	310	10%
19	Lebanon	287	39%
20	Spain	282	20%
21	Austria	280	55%
22	Poland	229	8%
23	Belgium	227	40%
24	Philippines	180	9%
25	Algeria	174	17%
26	Venezuela	161	82%
27	Thailand	154	3%
28	Singapore	127	2%
29	Sweden	126	13%
30	South Africa	125	13%
31	Mexico	120	3%
32	Libya	117	8%
33	Greece	114	58%
34	Republic of Korea	104	1%
35	Romania	104	12%
36	Iraq	96	8%
37	Egypt	80	12%
38	Australia	80	10%
39	Kuwait	79	8%
40	Indonesia	79	3%
41	Brazil	67	1%
42	Denmark	67	5%
43	Pakistan	65	20%
44	Argentina	62	9%
45	Qatar	57	8%
46	United Arab Emirates	51	3%
47	Belarus	50	40%
48	Finland	49	21%
49	Cambodia	46	12%
50	Jordan	44	16%
51	Bolivia	43	50%
52	Bulgaria	41	7%

The data on the gold reserves of the various countries have been collected on the main financial sites and are from May 2021.