World's largest gold reserves

Below is a list of the largest Gold Reserves by country, as of January 2012. The largest holders of gold are central banks, international organizations and governments. The United States has the largest Gold Reserves in the world. Germany and China hold the largest Gold Reserves in Europe and Asia, respectively.

Source: World Gold Council, Updated 18 January 2012.  *West African Economic Monetary Union including the central bank.

Rank	Country	Gold (Tonnes)	Gold's share of FX reserves (%)
1	United States	8133.5	76.90%
2	Germany	3396.3	74.20%
3	IMF (International Monetary Fund)	2814.1	N.A.
4	Italy	2451.8	73.90%
5	France	2435.4	73.70%
6	China	1054.1	1.80%
7	Switzerland	1040.1	16.80%
8	Russia	873.6	9.60%
9	Japan	765.2	3.30%
10	Netherlands	612.5	63.00%
11	India	557.7	10.00%
12	ECB (European Central Bank)	502.1	34.80%
13	Taiwan	422.4	6.10%
14	Portugal	382.5	89.80%
15	Venezuela	372.9	71.10%
16	Saudi Arabia	322.9	3.30%
17	United Kingdom	310.3	18.00%
18	Lebanon	286.8	32.50%
19	Spain	281.6	35.50%
20	Austria	280	58.30%
21	Belgium	227.5	41.80%
22	Turkey	179.1	10.60%
23	Algeria	173.6	5.10%
24	Thailand	152	4.80%
25	Libya	143.8	N.A.
26	Philippines	143.3	10.60%
27	Singapore	127.4	3.00%
28	Sweden	125.7	13.90%
29	South Africa	125	14.00%
30	Bank for International Settlements	119	N.A.
31	Greece	111.6	83.00%
32	Mexico	106.2	4.00%
33	Romania	103.7	12.10%
34	Poland	102.9	5.80%
35	Australia	79.9	10.00%
36	Kuwait	79	14.30%
37	Egypt	75.6	16.80%
38	Kazakhstan	73.6	12.80%
39	Indonesia	73.1	3.60%
40	Denmark	66.5	4.00%
41	Pakistan	64.4	19.50%
42	Argentina	54.7	6.70%
43	Korea	54.4	0.70%
44	Bolivia	49.3	22.50%
45	Finland	49.1	25.30%
46	Bulgaria	39.9	12.60%
47	Belarus	39.6	25.00%
48	WAEMU*	36.5	13.10%
49	Malaysia	36.4	1.50%
50	Peru	37.7	4.00%

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