WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS

International Financial Statistics, January 2011*

% of % of
Tonnes reserves** Tonnes reserves**
1 United States 8,133.5 75.2% 51 Ukraine 27.5 3.6%
2 Germany 3,401.8 71.2% 52 Ecuador 26.3 33.9%
1) 1)
3 IMF 2,827.2 53 Syria 25.8
4 Italy 2,451.8 69.6% 54 Morocco 22.0 4.2%
5 France 2,435.4 67.2% 55 Sri Lanka 17.5 12.5%
6 China 1,054.1 1.8% 56 Korea 14.4 0.2%
7 Switzerland 1,040.1 17.6% 57 Cyprus 13.9 57.4%
8 Russia 784.1 7.2% 58 Bangladesh 13.5 5.6%
9 Japan 765.2 3.1% 59 Serbia 13.1 4.4%
10 Netherlands 612.5 59.6% 60 Netherlands Antilles 13.1 37.6%
11 India 557.7 8.5% 61 Jordan 12.8 4.5%
12 ECB 501.4 29.3% 62 Czech Republic 12.7 1.4%
13 Taiwan 423.6 4.8% 63 Cambodia 12.4 15.1%
14 Portugal 382.5 82.1% 64 Qatar 12.4 2.0%
15 Venezuela 365.8 55.2% 65 Laos 8.8 37.8%
16 Saudi Arabia 322.9 3.1% 66 Latvia 7.7 4.3%
17 United Kingdom 310.3 17.5% 67 Mexico 7.3 0.3%
18 Lebanon 286.8 28.8% 68 El Salvador 7.3 11.0%
19 Spain 281.6 39.6% 69 CEMAC 5) 6) 7.1 2.4%
20 Austria 280.0 57.8% 70 Guatemala 6.9 5.5%
21 Belgium 227.5 38.2% 71 Colombia 6.9 1.1%
22 Algeria 173.6 4.6% 72 Macedonia 6.8 13.6%
1)
23 Philippines 156.5 12.5% 73 Tunisia 6.8
24 Libya 143.8 6.1% 74 Ireland 6.0 12.3%
25 Singapore 127.4 2.6% 75 Lithuania 5.8 4.1%
1)
26 Sweden 125.7 11.7% 76 Bahrain 4.7
27 South Africa 124.9 12.8% 77 Mauritius 3.9 7.2%
2) 1)
28 BIS 120.0 78 Canada 3.4 0.3%
1)
29 Turkey 116.1 6.2% 79 Tajikistan 3.3
30 Greece 111.7 79.6% 80 Slovenia 3.2 13.7%
31 Romania 103.7 9.7% 81 Aruba 3.1 19.0%
32 Poland 102.9 4.7% 82 Hungary 3.1 0.3%
33 Thailand 99.5 2.6% 83 Kyrgyz Republic 2.6 6.7%
34 Australia 79.9 8.5% 84 Mozambique 2.3 5.0%
35 Kuwait 79.0 14.2% 85 Luxembourg 2.2 12.4%
36 Egypt 75.6 9.4% 86 Hong Kong 2.1 0.0%
37 Indonesia 73.1 3.6% 87 Suriname 2.0 12.8%
38 Kazakhstan 67.3 10.8% 88 Iceland 2.0 1.9%
39 Denmark 66.5 3.5% 89 Papua New Guinea 2.0 3.1%
40 Pakistan 64.4 16.7% 90 Trinidad and Tobago 1.9 0.9%
41 Argentina 54.7 4.7% 91 Albania 1.6 2.9%
42 Finland 49.1 23.0% 92 Yemen 1.6 1.2%
6)
43 Bulgaria 39.9 10.7% 93 Cameroon 0.9 1.2%
3)
44 WAEMU 36.5 12.3% 94 Mongolia 0.9 2.6%
1)
45 Malaysia 36.4 1.5% 95 Honduras 0.7
4)
46 Belarus 35.3 27.5% 96 Paraguay 0.7 0.7%
47 Peru 34.7 3.7% 97 Dominican Republic 0.6 0.9%
6)
48 Brazil 33.6 0.6% 98 Gabon 0.4 0.9%
49 Slovakia 31.8 66.5% 99 Malawi 0.4 6.5%
6)
50 Bolivia 28.3 14.1% 100 Central African Rep. 0.3 8.8%
 WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS
International Financial Statistics, January 2011*

% of % of
Tonnes reserves** Other Tonnes reserves**
1)
101 Chad 6) 0.3 2.6% World 30,546.1
6)
102 Congo 0.3 0.4% All Countries 27,198.6 11.6%
103 Uruguay 0.3 0.1% Euro Area (incl. ECB) 10,792.5 61.9%
104 Fiji 0.2
1.6%
CBGA 3 signatories 7) 11,958.3 49.0%
105 Estonia 0.2 0.4%
106 Chile 0.2 0.0%
107 Malta 0.1 0.8%
108 Costa Rica 0.1 0.1%
109 Haiti 0.0 0.1%
110 Burundi 0.0 0.5%
111 Oman 0.0 0.0%
1)
112 Comoros 0.0
113 Kenya 0.0 0.0%

NOTES
* This table was updated in January 2011 and reports data available at that time.  Data are taken from the 
International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics (IFS), January 2011 edition, and other sources 
where applicable. IFS data are two months in arrears, so holdings are as of November 2010 for most countries, 
October 2010 or earlier for late reporters.  The table does not list all gold holders: countries which have not 
reported their gold holdings to the IMF in the last six months are not included, while other countries are 
known to hold gold but they do not report their holdings publicly. Where the WGC knows of movements that 
are not reported to the IMF or misprints, changes have been made. The countries showing as having 0.0 
tonnes of gold report some gold but less than 0.05 tonnes to the IMF.

**The percentage share held in gold of total foreign reserves, as calculated by the World Gold Council. The 
value of gold holdings is calculated using the end‐November gold price of $1383.50 per troy ounce (there are 
32,151 troy ounces in a metric tonne). Data for the value of other reserves are taken from IFS, table ‘Total 
Reserves minus Gold’.

1. BIS and IMF balance sheets do not allow this percentage to be calculated. In the case of any countries, up to 
date data for other reserves are not available. 
2. BIS data are updated each year from the BIS’s annual report to reflect the Bank’s gold investment assets 
excluding any gold held in connection with swap operations, under which the Bank exchanges currencies for 
physical gold. The bank has an obligation to return the gold at the end of the contract. 
3. West African Economic Monetary Union including the central bank.
4. Including gold on inward swap and excluding gold on outward swap.
5. Central African Economic and Monetary Union including the central bank. 
6. Data updated  using December 2010 edition of IFS.
7. Signatories to the third Central Bank Gold Agreement which commenced in September 2009. The signatores 
include: ECB, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 
Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.  Estonia became a signatory 
upon joining the Euro in January 2011.