WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS (January* 2005)
Tonnes
Gold’s % share of reserves**
1
United States
8,135.1
61.1%
2
Germany
3,433.2
51.1%
3
IMF
3,217.3
(1)
4
France
2,993.4
55.1%
5
Italy
2,451.8
55.8%
6
Switzerland
1,374.1
28.0%
7
Netherlands
777.5
50.5%
8
ECB
766.9
22.2%
9
Japan
765.2
1.3%
10
China
600.0
1.5%
11
Spain
523.3
38.1%
12
Portugal
462.2
58.7%
13
Taiwan
421.8
2.5%
14
Russia2
386.9
4.7%
15
India
357.7
4.0%
16
Venezuela2
357.4
22.9%
17
Austria
317.5
36.6%
18
United Kingdom
312.3
9.2%
19
Lebanon
286.8
24.6%
20
Belgium
257.8
26.5%
21
Philippines
237.9
21.1%
22
BIS
205.3
(1)
23
Algeria
173.6
5.7%
24
Sweden3
170.4
10.3%
25
Libya
143.8
8.1%
26
Saudi Arabia
143.0
8.1%
27
Singapore
127.4
1.7%
28
South Africa
123.9
12.5%
29
Turkey
116.1
4.3%
30
Greece
107.7
43.4%
31
Romania
105.1
10.6%
32
Poland
102.9
4.0%
33
Indonesia
96.5
3.9%
34
Thailand
83.6
2.5%
35
Australia
79.7
3.4%
36
Kuwait
79.0
13.5%
37
Egypt
75.6
7.2%
38
Denmark
66.5
2.5%
39
Pakistan
65.3
8.7%
40
Kazakhstan
56.8
9.9%
Tonnes
Gold’s % share of reserves**
41
Argentina
55.1
4.2%
42
Finland
49.1
5.8%
43
Bulgaria
39.8
6.5%
44
WAEMU4
36.5
7.0%
45
Malaysia
36.4
0.8%
46
Slovak Republic
35.1
3.7%
47
Peru
34.7
4.0%
48
Bolivia
28.3
34.1%
49
Ecuador
26.3
24.7%
50
Syrian Arab Rep.
25.9
(1)
51
Morocco
22.0
2.0%
52
Nigeria
21.4
1.9%
53
Ukraine
15.9
2.3%
54
El Salvador
14.6
10.9%
55
Cyprus
14.5
5.4%
56
Korea
14.1
0.1%
57
Brazil
13.8
0.4%
58
Czech Republic
13.6
0.7%
59
Neths Antilles
13.1
32.1%
60
Jordan
12.8
3.4%
61
Cambodia
12.4
16.9%
62
Colombia
10.2
1.1%
63
Ghana
8.7
8.0%
64
Latvia
7.7
5.8%
65
Slovenia
7.6
1.3%
66
Myanmar
7.2
13.6%
67
CEMAC5
7.1
3.8%
68
Guatemala
6.9
2.9%
69
Tunisia
6.8
2.5%
70
Macedonia, FYR
6.1
9.5%
71
Lithuania
5.8
2.3%
72
Ireland
5.5
2.8%
73
Mongolia
5.2
24.6%
74
Nepal
4.8
4.5%
75
Bahrain
4.7
3.5%
76
Mexico
4.6
0.1%
77
Bangladesh
3.5
1.6%
78
Canada
3.4
0.1%
79
Aruba
3.1
12.5%
80
Hungary
3.1
0.3%