Central bank gold
Tonnes of gold held by central banks, their market value and their share of each country's reserves.
Gold held by central banks
32,963 t
≈ 2,658,291 bars of 12.4 kg
Value
$4.45 trillion
Gold price
US$ 4,176
per ounce, end of September 2026
United States's 8,134 t equal about 655,930 standard bars. A standard London Bullion Market Association bar weighs about 12.4 kg (400 troy ounces).
Gold price (USD per troy ounce, end of month)
US$ 4,176
September 2026+215.6% vs September 2016
Price implied by IMF data (market value / reported ounces), not a real-time quote.
| # | Country | Gold (t) | Bars | Value | % in gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8,134 | $1.09T | 81.8% | |
| 2 | Germany | 3,349 | $434B | 80.8% | |
| 3 | Italy | 2,452 | $360B | 78.9% | |
| 4 | France | 2,437 | $315B | 78.6% | |
| 5 | China | 2,346 | $304B | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Russia | 2,327 | $313B | 42.6% | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1,040 | $153B | 13.6% | |
| 8 | India | 881 | $129B | 16.9% | |
| 9 | Japan | 846 | $114B | 9.6% | |
| 10 | Türkiye | 795 | $107B | 64.4% | |
| 11 | Poland | 673 | $90.3B | 30.6% | |
| 12 | Netherlands | 612 | $79.3B | 70.1% | |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 431 | $55.8B | 87.1% | |
| 14 | Taiwan | 424 | $62.2B | 9.4% | |
| 15 | Portugal | 383 | $49.5B | 79.0% | |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 382 | $51.3B | 77.4% | |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 323 | $47.4B | 8.9% | |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 310 | $41.7B | 19.6% | |
| 19 | Lebanon | 287 | $28.7B | 74.5% | |
| 20 | Spain | 282 | $36.5B | 29.5% | |
| 21 | Austria | 280 | $36.3B | 71.5% | |
| 22 | Thailand | 235 | $31.5B | 11.4% | |
| 23 | Belgium | 227 | $29.4B | 54.7% | |
| 24 | Iraq | 207 | $26.8B | 31.3% | |
| 25 | Singapore | 203 | $29.8B | 6.5% | |
| 26 | Algeria | 174 | $25.5B | 37.4% | |
| 27 | Brazil | 172 | $23.2B | 6.4% | |
| 28 | Libya | 147 | $21.7B | 20.8% | |
| 29 | Philippines | 134 | $17.3B | 16.8% | |
| 30 | Egypt | 130 | $19.1B | 35.0% | |
| 31 | Sweden | 126 | $16.9B | 23.1% | |
| 32 | South Africa | 126 | $18.4B | 24.1% | |
| 33 | Mexico | 120 | $16.1B | 6.1% | |
| 34 | Qatar | 115 | $16.9B | 27.5% | |
| 35 | Greece | 115 | $14.9B | 66.7% | |
| 36 | Hungary | 110 | $14.8B | 21.0% | |
| 37 | South Korea | 104 | $15.3B | 3.4% | |
| 38 | Romania | 104 | $13.9B | 16.9% | |
| 39 | Czechia | 87 | $11.7B | 6.5% | |
| 40 | Indonesia | 87 | $12.8B | 8.7% | |
| 41 | Australia | 80 | $10.7B | 14.4% | |
| 42 | Jordan | 80 | $10.7B | 36.6% | |
| 43 | Kuwait | 79 | $11.6B | 26.2% | |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 73 | $10.7B | 4.0% | |
| 45 | Denmark | 67 | $9.8B | 7.6% | |
| 46 | Pakistan | 65 | $8.7B | 27.6% | |
| 47 | Argentina | 62 | $8.3B | 18.0% | |
| 48 | Cambodia | 57 | $7.4B | 30.3% | |
| 49 | Serbia | 55 | $7.4B | 21.9% | |
| 50 | Belarus | 54 | $7.9B | 51.9% | |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 49 | $6.3B | 79.5% | |
| 52 | Malaysia | 45 | $6.0B | 4.6% | |
| 53 | Finland | 44 | $5.7B | 25.8% | |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 41 | $5.5B | 66.2% | |
| 55 | Peru | 35 | $5.6B | 5.8% | |
| 56 | Slovakia | 32 | $4.1B | 22.3% | |
| 57 | Ukraine | 27 | $3.7B | 7.8% | |
| 58 | Ecuador | 26 | $3.9B | 31.9% | |
| 59 | Ghana | 25 | $3.2B | 32.8% | |
| 60 | Morocco | 22 | $3.2B | 6.0% | |
| 61 | Nigeria | 22 | $3.2B | 5.8% | |
| 62 | Guatemala | 16 | $2.1B | 6.3% | |
| 63 | Bangladesh | 14 | $1.8B | 5.9% | |
| 64 | Cyprus | 14 | $1.8B | 63.9% | |
| 65 | Guinea | 13 | $1.6B | 50.7% | |
| 66 | Mauritius | 12 | $1.7B | 15.9% | |
| 67 | Ireland | 12 | $1.6B | 11.4% | |
| 68 | Chile | 9.8 | $1.3B | 2.4% | |
| 69 | Paraguay | 8.2 | $1.1B | 11.0% | |
| 70 | Nepal | 8.0 | $1.1B | 5.3% | |
| 71 | Mongolia | 7.9 | $1.3B | 18.9% | |
| 72 | Georgia | 7.8 | $1.1B | 12.9% | |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 6.9 | $926M | 16.2% | |
| 74 | Tunisia | 6.8 | $883M | 9.4% | |
| 75 | Oman | 6.7 | $674M | 3.6% | |
| 76 | Latvia | 6.7 | $862M | 14.3% | |
| 77 | Lithuania | 5.8 | $753M | 10.5% | |
| 78 | Colombia | 4.7 | $749M | 1.1% | |
| 79 | Bahrain | 4.7 | $684M | 22.2% | |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 4.6 | $592M | 37.9% | |
| 81 | Brunei | 4.5 | $588M | 12.3% | |
| 82 | Slovenia | 4.2 | $548M | 15.5% | |
| 83 | Mozambique | 3.9 | $418M | 10.2% | |
| 84 | Albania | 3.7 | $548M | 5.6% | |
| 85 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3.5 | $349M | 3.7% | |
| 86 | Aruba | 3.1 | $455M | 16.9% | |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 2.2 | $290M | 9.6% | |
| 88 | El Salvador | 2.1 | $281M | 5.2% | |
| 89 | Iceland | 2.0 | $266M | 3.5% | |
| 90 | Trinidad & Tobago | 2.0 | $254M | 4.4% | |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0 | $287M | 6.5% | |
| 92 | Haiti | 1.8 | $234M | 6.5% | |
| 93 | Suriname | 1.2 | $163M | 8.0% | |
| 94 | Uruguay | 1.0 | $139M | 0.8% | |
| 95 | Honduras | 0.7 | $102M | 0.9% | |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0.6 | $74M | 0.5% | |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0.5 | $62M | 4.7% | |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0.5 | $50M | 0.8% | |
| 99 | Malta | 0.4 | $48M | 2.9% | |
| 100 | Estonia | 0.3 | $32M | 1.4% | |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.2 | $26M | 2.9% | |
| 102 | Moldova | 0.1 | $10M | 0.2% | |
| 103 | Samoa | 0.1 | $11M | 1.8% | |
| 104 | Maldives | 0.1 | $8M | 1.5% | |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.0 | $4M | 0.2% | |
| 106 | Comoros | 0.0 | $2M | 0.5% |