Gold Per Capita
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Gold per capita in Europe

Switzerland leads broad gold holdings per capita in Europe among 45 eligible countries at 6.78 fine troy ounces per resident.

Countries45
Published measures3
Population basis2026
Current releasegold-research-2026.03-global-v2
45 ranked

Broad gold holdings per capita in Europe

Broad gold per capita combines official monetary gold with country-attributed fund, bullion and jewellery estimates. The broad view is an experimental allocation model. It is useful for directional comparison, not as an audited national balance sheet or a census of resident ownership.

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Broad gold holdings per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1SwitzerlandEurope210.9176.781,900 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
2AustriaEurope75.2152.42685 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
3ItalyEurope65.2822.103,847 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
4GermanyEurope64.6972.085,412 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
5PortugalEurope61.6331.98641 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
6FranceEurope59.5091.913,972 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
7NetherlandsEurope52.7141.69973 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
8SloveniaEurope41.9361.3588.7 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
9LithuaniaEurope41.7961.34117 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
10SwedenEurope40.6671.31435 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
11IrelandEurope40.3871.30216 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
12AndorraEurope38.8641.253.3 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
13EstoniaEurope38.8231.2551.7 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
14FinlandEurope38.3321.23215 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
15RomaniaEurope38.0491.22715 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
16LiechtensteinEurope37.2741.201.5 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
17LuxembourgEurope37.2131.2025.6 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
18CzechiaEurope36.7621.18387 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
19HungaryEurope36.3641.17349 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
20GreeceEurope36.2891.17359 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
21MaltaEurope36.0971.1619.8 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
22CyprusEurope35.5421.1449.1 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
23IcelandEurope35.5281.1414.3 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
24San MarinoEurope35.1681.131.2 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
25LatviaEurope34.8571.1264 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
26CroatiaEurope34.3191.10131 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
27BelgiumEurope34.1751.10402 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
28Vatican CityEurope34.0041.090 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
29MonacoEurope33.7931.091.3 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
30SlovakiaEurope33.3971.07182 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
31DenmarkEurope33.3191.07201 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
32NorwayEurope32.891.06186 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
33BulgariaEurope32.631.05218 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
34North MacedoniaEurope31.2351.0056.4 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
35UkraineEurope30.9680.9961,224 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
36United KingdomEurope29.7480.9562,080 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
37RussiaEurope29.6920.9554,258 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
38BelarusEurope29.2090.939261 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
39Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope28.8680.92889.9 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
40SerbiaEurope28.3520.912188 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
41AlbaniaEurope28.0770.90377.2 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
42PolandEurope27.7360.8921,050 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
43MoldovaEurope26.7680.86179.3 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
44MontenegroEurope26.5890.85516.7 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
45SpainEurope19.1550.616917 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
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Official gold reserves per capita in Europe

Official gold reserves per capita divide monetary gold held by a reporting authority by the country's resident population. This comparison uses the 29 official-reserve records in the current dataset and excludes private bars, coins, funds and jewellery.

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Official gold reserves per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation year
1SwitzerlandEurope115.4443.711,040 t2026
2ItalyEurope41.6081.342,452 t2026
3GermanyEurope40.0691.293,352 t2026
4PortugalEurope36.8141.18383 t2026
5FranceEurope36.5111.172,437 t2026
6NetherlandsEurope33.21.07613 t2026
7AustriaEurope30.7450.988280 t2026
8BelgiumEurope19.3130.621227 t2026
9RussiaEurope16.2680.5232,333 t2026
10PolandEurope15.3690.494582 t2026
11SpainEurope5.8850.189282 t2026
12United KingdomEurope4.4370.143310 t2026
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Gold investment holdings per capita in Europe

This research view adds physically backed funds, bars and coins to official monetary gold where the release has an eligible country anchor. Fund domicile, vault location and beneficial ownership can differ. These results are country-attributed estimates rather than surveyed household balances.

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Gold investment holdings per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1SwitzerlandEurope194.2656.251,750 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
2AustriaEurope64.7832.08590 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
3GermanyEurope59.9141.935,012 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
4ItalyEurope50.0081.612,947 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
5FranceEurope49.771.603,322 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
6PortugalEurope47.2041.52491 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
7NetherlandsEurope46.2091.49853 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
8BelgiumEurope28.230.908332 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
9RussiaEurope24.8110.7983,558 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
10United KingdomEurope24.7430.7951,730 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
11PolandEurope22.7150.73860 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
12SpainEurope11.2140.361537 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
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Country records in Europe

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