World_Official_Gold_Holdings_January_2011
Tonnes % of
reserves**Tonnes
% of
reserves**
1United States 8,133.575.2%51Ukraine 27.5 3.6%2Germany 3,401.871.2%
52Ecuador 26.333.9%
3IMF 2,827.21)
53Syria 25.81)
4Italy 2,451.869.6%54Morocco 22.0 4.2%5France 2,435.467.2%55Sri Lanka 17.512.5%6China
1,054.1 1.8%56Korea 14.40.2%7Switzerland 1,040.117.6%57Cyprus
13.957.4%8Russia 784.17.2%58Bangladesh 13.5 5.6%9Japan
765.2 3.1%59Serbia
13.1 4.4%10Netherlands 612.559.6%60Netherlands Antilles 13.137.6%11India 557.78.5%61Jordan
12.8 4.5%12ECB 501.429.3%62Czech Republic 12.7 1.4%13Taiwan 423.6 4.8%63Cambodia 12.415.1%14Portugal 382.582.1%64Qatar 12.4 2.0%15Venezuela 365.855.2%65Laos 8.837.8%16Saudi Arabia 322.9 3.1%66Latvia 7.7 4.3%17United Kingdom 310.317.5%67Mexico 7.30.3%18Lebanon 286.828.8%68El Salvador 7.311.0%19Spain 281.639.6%69CEMAC 5) 6)7.1 2.4%20Austria 280.057.8%70Guatemala 6.9 5.5%21Belgium 227.538.2%71Colombia 6.9 1.1%22Algeria 173.6 4.6%72Macedonia 6.813.6%
23Philippines 156.512.5%73Tunisia 6.81)
24Libya
143.8 6.1%74Ireland 6.012.3%25Singapore 127.4 2.6%75Lithuania 5.8 4.1%
26Sweden 125.711.7%76Bahrain 4.71)
WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS
International Financial Statistics, January 2011*27South Africa
124.912.8%
77Mauritius 3.97.2%28BIS 2)120.01)
78Canada 3.40.3%
29Turkey 116.1 6.2%79Tajikistan 3.31)
30Greece 111.779.6%80Slovenia 3.213.7%31Romania 103.79.7%81Aruba 3.119.0%32Poland 102.9 4.7%82Hungary
3.10.3%33Thailand 99.5 2.6%83Kyrgyz Republic 2.6 6.7%34Australia 79.98.5%84Mozambique 2.3 5.0%35Kuwait 79.01
4.2%85Luxembourg 2.212.4%36Egypt 7
5.69.4%86Hong Kong 2.10.0%37Indonesia 73.1 3.6%87Suriname 2.012.8%38Kazakhstan 67.310.8%88Iceland
2.0 1.9%39Denmark 66.5
3.5%89Papua New Guinea 2.0 3.1%40Pakistan 6
4.416.7%90Trinidad and Tobago 1.90.9%41Argentina 54.7 4.7%91Albania 1.6 2.9%42Finland 49.123.0%92Yemen
1.6 1.2%43Bulgaria
39.910.7%93Cameroon 6)
0.9 1.2%44WAEMU 3)
36.512.3%94Mongolia 0.9 2.6%
45Malaysia
36.4 1.5%95Honduras 0.71)
46Belarus 4)
35.327.5%96Paraguay
0.70.7%47Peru 34.7 3.7%97Dominican Republic
0.60.9%48Brazil 33.60.6%98Gabon 6)
0.40.9%49Slovakia 31.866.5%99Malawi
0.4 6.5%50Bolivia 28.314.1%
100Central African Rep.
6)
0.3
8.8%
Tonnes % of
reserves**
Other Tonnes % of
reserves**
101Chad
6)
0.3 2.6%World
30,546.11)
102Congo 6)
0.30.4%All Countries
27,198.611.6%103Uruguay 0.30.1%
Euro Area (incl. ECB)10,792.561.9%104Fiji
0.2 1.6%
CBGA 3 signatories 7)11,958.3
49.0%
105Estonia 0.20.4%106Chile 0.20.0%107Malta
0.10.8%108Costa Rica 0.10.1%109Haiti 0.00.1%110Burundi 0.00.5%111Oman 0.00.0%
112Comoros 0.01)
113Kenya
0.00.0%
WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS
International Financial Statistics, January 2011*NOTES
* This table was updated in January 2011 and reports data available at that time. Data are taken from the International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics (IFS), January 2011 edition, and other sources where applicable. IFS data are two months in arrears, so holdings are as of November 2010 for most countries, October 2010 or earlier for late reporters. The table does not list all gold holders: countries which have not reported their gold holdings to the IMF in the last six months are not included, while other countries are
known to hold gold but they do not report their holdings publicly. Where the WGC knows of movements that are not reported to the IMF or misprints, changes have been made. The countries showing as having 0.0 tonnes of gold report some gold but less than 0.05 tonnes to the IMF.
**The percentage share held in gold of total foreign reserves, as calculated by the World Gold Council. The value of gold holdings is calculated using the end ‐November gold price of $1383.50 per troy ounce (there are 32,151 troy ounces in a metric tonne). Data for the value of other reserves are taken from IFS, table ‘Total Reserves minus Gold’.
1. BIS and IMF balance sheets do not allow this percentage to be calculated. In the case of any countries, up to date data for other reserves are not available.
2. BIS data are updated each year from the BIS’s annual report to reflect the Bank’s gold investment assets excluding any gold held in connection with swap operations, under which the Bank exchanges currencies for physical gold. The bank has an obligation to return the gold at the end of the contract.
3. West African Economic Monetary Union including the central bank.
4. Including gold on inward swap and excluding gold on outward swap.
5. Central African Economic and Monetary Union including the central bank.
6. Data updated using December 2010 edition of IFS.
7. Signatories to the third Central Bank Gold Agreement which commenced in September 2009. The signatores include: ECB, Austria, Belgium,Cyprus, Estonia, Finland,France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Estonia became a signatory upon joining the Euro in January 2011.