Who holds
the gold?
Reported gold held by central banks and other official institutions. This is an ownership view—not mine reserves, annual production, private jewelry, ETFs, or modeled trade flows.
Bars compare tonnes. Select a country to see its share of reported foreign reserves and observation month. Figures preserve a transparent May 2026 snapshot.
Three different gold measures
Official holdingsMonetary gold reported by central banks and certain official institutions. This is the measure plotted here.
Private ownershipJewelry, bars, coins, ETFs and institutional holdings cannot be comprehensively assigned to every country, so they are not presented as a country total.
Flow and geologyBullion trade is a transaction flow. Mine reserves are economically recoverable deposits underground. Neither is official ownership.