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Central Bank Gold Reserves

Track which central banks are buying gold and why. Central banks accumulated over 1,000 tonnes of gold in each of the last three years — the fastest pace since the 1960s. See reserves by country, gold as % of foreign reserves, year-over-year changes, and the geopolitical motivations driving the biggest gold rush in central banking history.

Global CB Reserves

30.6Kt

Total Value

$2.82T

Top Buyer (YoY)

Poland

+95.0t

Countries Buying

of 34 tracked

Showing 34 of 34 countries

#	Country	Gold (tonnes)	Value (USD)	% of Reserves	YoY Change	Gold Backing
1	🇺🇸 United States US North America	8,134.1	$758.40B	68.2%	+0.6t	13.66%
2	🇩🇪 Germany DE Europe	3,351.6	$312.49B	72.5%	+1.3t	9.70%
3	🇮🇹 Italy IT Europe	2,451.8	$228.60B	69.8%	—	16.16%
4	🇫🇷 France FR Europe	2,436.5	$227.17B	65.4%	-0.5t	14.11%
5	🇷🇺 Russia RU Europe	2,335.9	$217.79B	27.1%	+36.9t	47.87%
6	🇨🇳 China CN Asia	2,292.3	$213.73B	5.2%	+57.3t	2.49%
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland CH Europe	1,040	$96.97B	6.8%	—	10.15%
8	🇮🇳 India IN Asia	876.2	$81.69B	11.4%	+82.2t	5.56%
9	🇯🇵 Japan JP Asia	846	$78.88B	5.1%	—	0.82%
10	🇹🇷 Turkey TR Middle East	624	$58.18B	35.7%	-2.5t	25.86%
11	🇳🇱 Netherlands NL Europe	612.5	$57.11B	62.3%	+0.5t	12.55%
12	🇵🇱 Poland PL Europe	543	$50.63B	28.0%	+95.0t	22.70%
13	🇹🇼 Taiwan TW Asia	423.6	$39.50B	5.6%	—	6.03%
14	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan KZ Asia	402	$37.48B	62.5%	+15.7t	—
15	🇵🇹 Portugal PT Europe	382.6	$35.67B	89.2%	—	41.48%
16	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan UZ Asia	381.7	$35.59B	83.4%	-5.1t	—
17	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia SA Middle East	323.1	$30.12B	5.8%	—	45.64%
18	🇬🇧 United Kingdom GB Europe	310.3	$28.93B	15.2%	—	0.89%
19	🇱🇧 Lebanon LB Middle East	286.8	$26.74B	52.3%	—	—
20	🇪🇸 Spain ES Europe	281.6	$26.26B	34.1%	—	1.85%
21	🇦🇹 Austria AT Europe	280	$26.11B	52.7%	—	39.56%
22	🇹🇭 Thailand TH Asia	244.2	$22.77B	15.6%	—	10.21%
23	🇵🇭 Philippines PH Asia	229.5	$21.40B	16.2%	+29.5t	17.54%
24	🇸🇬 Singapore SG Asia	227.6	$21.22B	5.4%	+73.6t	14.94%
25	🇧🇪 Belgium BE Europe	227.4	$21.20B	49.8%	—	11.65%
26	🇩🇿 Algeria DZ Africa	173.6	$16.02B	0.0%	—	32.04%
26	🇮🇶 Iraq IQ Middle East	132.8	$12.38B	19.5%	—	—
27	🇪🇬 Egypt EG Africa	130.4	$12.16B	12.3%	—	18.42%
28	🇸🇪 Sweden SE Europe	125.7	$11.72B	23.4%	—	8.25%
29	🇦🇺 Australia AU Oceania	79.9	$7.45B	3.4%	—	0.57%
30	🇨🇿 Czech Republic CZ Europe	32.5	$3.03B	4.7%	—	3.52%
30	🇿🇦 South Africa ZA Africa	125.3	$11.56B	0.0%	-0.1t	16.28%
31	🇲🇽 Mexico MX North America	123.5	$11.40B	0.0%	+3.4t	2.33%
32	🇱🇾 Libya LY Africa	116.5	$10.75B	0.0%	-0.1t	51.19%

Data Sources & Update Schedule

Gold Holdings: IMF International Financial Statistics (IFS) + World Gold Council — Updated monthly (data 2 months in arrears)
Gold Prices: WGC / CME / Kitco — Real-time
M1 Money Supply: IMF / World Bank / FRED — Quarterly
Geopolitical Context: Enriched narratives — Updated monthly

Last data update: 2026-03-31 | Next scheduled update: 10th of each month

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