Oceania regional rankings

Gold per capita in Oceania

Australia leads broad gold holdings per capita in Oceania among 14 eligible countries at 1.05 fine troy ounces per resident.

Countries14
Published measures3
Population basis2026
Current releasegold-research-2026.03-global-v2
14 ranked

Broad gold holdings per capita in Oceania

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.

Broad gold holdings per capita in Oceania
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1AustraliaOceania32.6841.05890 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
2NauruOceania30.760.9890.4 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
3New ZealandOceania28.0120.901148 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
4PalauOceania27.5660.8860.5 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
5SamoaOceania23.2570.7485.1 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
6MicronesiaOceania22.8180.7342.6 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
7Marshall IslandsOceania19.9080.640.7 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
8TuvaluOceania19.5750.6290.2 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
9TongaOceania19.0620.6132 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
10FijiOceania19.0390.61217.8 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
11Papua New GuineaOceania15.380.494168 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
12Solomon IslandsOceania15.3740.49413.2 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
13KiribatiOceania14.1230.4542 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
14VanuatuOceania13.0470.4194.5 t2026Based on regional and peer-country estimates
1 ranked

Official gold reserves per capita in Oceania

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.

Official gold reserves per capita in Oceania
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation year
1AustraliaOceania2.9350.094379.9 t2026
1 ranked

Gold investment holdings per capita in Oceania

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.

Gold investment holdings per capita in Oceania
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1AustraliaOceania26.0730.838710 t2026Based on country-specific evidence
Countries

Country records in Oceania

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How to use this comparison

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