World official gold holding (December 2010)[10] Rank Country/Organization
Gold (tonnes) Gold's share of national forex reserves (%)[10]
- Euro Area 10,792.6 60.7%
1 USA 8,133.5 73.9%
2 Germany 3,401.8 70.3%
3 IMF 2,846.7 -
4 Italy 2,451.8 68.6%
5 France 2,435.4 67.2%
6 China 1,054.1 1.7%
7 Switzerland 1,040.1 16.4%
8 Russia 775.2 6.7%
9 Japan 765.2 3.0%
10 Netherlands 675 57.5%
11 India 614.8 8.1%
12 ECB 522.7 27.9%
13 Taiwan 466.9 4.6%
14 Portugal 421.6 81.1%
15 Venezuela 401.1 52.4%
16 Saudi Arabia 322.9 3.0%
17 United Kingdom 310.3 16.8%
18 Islamic Republic of Iran 300.0[11] (Unofficial est.) -
19 Lebanon 286.8 27.6%
20 Spain 281.6 38.6%
21 Austria 280.0 56.2%
22 Belgium 227.5 36.8%
23 Pakistan 184.4 19.2%
24 Philippines 175.9 14.0%
25 Algeria 173.6 4.5%
26 Libya 143.8 5.6%
27 Singapore 127.4 2.5%
28 Sweden 125.7 11.1%
29 South Africa 124.9 12.2%
30 BIS 120.0 -
31 Turkey 116.1 6.0%
32 Greece 111.7 78.7%
33 Romania 103.7 9.1%
34 Poland 102.9 4.5%
35 Mexico 100.1[12] 3.8%[12]
36 Thailand 99.5 2.5%
37 Australia 79.9 8.1%
38 Kuwait 79.0 13.5%
39 Egypt 75.6 8.7%
40 Indonesia 73.1 3.6%
41 Kazakhstan 67.3 10.0%
42 Denmark 66.5 3.3%
43 Argentina 54.7 4.5%
44 Finland 49.1 20.6%
45 Bulgaria 39.9 9.9%
46 WAEMU 36.5 12.2%
47 Malaysia 36.4 1.5%
48 Belarus 30.18 24.5%
49 Peru 34.7 3.6%
50 Brazil 33.6 0.5%