Official monetary gold

Official gold reserves by country in 2026

United States ranks first among the 29 countries in the current official-reserves dataset, at 8,134 t. The ranking uses total metric tonnes rather than the per-capita ratio.

ObservationMar 31, 2026
Countries ranked29
Ranking basisTotal metric tonnes
Releasegold-research-2026.03-global-v2

What this ranking measures

This ranking orders the official monetary-gold values included in the current release by total metric tonnes. The table contains the 29 country records in the current official-reserves dataset and does not add modelled reserve values for other countries.

Leading values

United States (8,134 t), Germany (3,352 t), Italy (2,452 t). Shares describe the countries included in this release.

Official gold reserves by country in 2026, ordered by total metric tonnes
RankCountryMetric tonnesShare of included valuesTroy oz per personObservation
1United StatesNorth America8,134 t28%0.749Mar 31, 2026
2GermanyEurope3,352 t11%1.29Mar 31, 2026
3ItalyEurope2,452 t8.3%1.34Mar 31, 2026
4FranceEurope2,437 t8.3%1.17Mar 31, 2026
5RussiaEurope2,333 t7.9%0.523Mar 31, 2026
6ChinaAsia2,299 t7.8%0.0523Mar 31, 2026
7SwitzerlandEurope1,040 t3.5%3.71Mar 31, 2026
8IndiaAsia880 t3%0.0192Mar 31, 2026
9JapanAsia846 t2.9%0.222Mar 31, 2026
10TürkiyeAsia624 t2.1%0.228Mar 31, 2026
11NetherlandsEurope613 t2.1%1.07Mar 31, 2026
12PolandEurope582 t2%0.494Mar 31, 2026
13PortugalEurope383 t1.3%1.18Mar 31, 2026
14UzbekistanAsia367 t1.2%0.312Mar 31, 2026
15Saudi ArabiaMiddle East323 t1.1%0.295Mar 31, 2026
16United KingdomEurope310 t1.1%0.143Mar 31, 2026
17KazakhstanAsia306 t1%0.467Mar 31, 2026
18LebanonMiddle East287 t1%1.56Mar 31, 2026
19SpainEurope282 t1%0.189Mar 31, 2026
20AustriaEurope280 t0.9%0.988Mar 31, 2026
21ThailandAsia235 t0.8%0.105Mar 31, 2026
22SingaporeAsia229 t0.8%1.25Mar 31, 2026
23BelgiumEurope227 t0.8%0.621Mar 31, 2026
24AlgeriaAfrica174 t0.6%0.116Mar 31, 2026
25IraqMiddle East163 t0.6%0.109Mar 31, 2026
26BrazilSouth America130 t0.4%0.0195Mar 31, 2026
27MexicoNorth America120 t0.4%0.0291Mar 31, 2026
28AustraliaOceania79.9 t0.3%0.0943Mar 31, 2026
29CanadaNorth America0 t0%0Mar 31, 2026
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Population changes the order, so the per-capita ranking is separate.