Most countries report their official gold holdings along with other reserve statistics on a monthly basis to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Gold Council data are based on these supplemented by information from national sources. These will not always correspond exactly with the estimates published by GFMS Ltd, which include estimates of unreported and quasi-official holdings.

World official gold holdings

Latest - June 2009

Latest available information on each country’s gold reserves and the proportion this represents of their total external reserves. Updated quarterly.

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World Gold Holdings – volume and value

A quarterly time series of World gold holdings (in Excel format) in terms of volume (tonnes), value (US dollars) and as a percentage of total reserves. Updated bi-annually.

Changes in official reserves statistics

Shows month by month, how countries’ reported gold holdings have changed since January 2002 and reasons where known. Updated quarterly.

Major changes in official reserves statistics 1990-2007

A summary of major changes in central banks’ gold holdings.

Latest statistics on sales under the Central Bank Agreements on Gold

Updated quarterly.

Official reserves 1948-2007

Annual data on major holders.

Historical data - Selected information from 1845 onwards.

For more information on gold as a reserve asset

For more details about how central bank gold holdings fit in to the general context of gold supply and demand