Names of Top 20 Countries with Highest Gold Reserve Top 20 Countries Ranking as per Gold Stock Reserve

Names of Top 20 Countries with Highest Gold Reserve Top 20 Countries Ranking as per Gold Stock Reserve



Below is the list of top 20 countries having highest stock collection of Gold.
Pure quality Gold.

United States: Rank 1
Total gold reserve: 8,133.5 tonnes
Gold constitutes 74.8% of the country's total forex reserves.

Germany Gold Reserve: Rank 2
Total gold reserve: 3,401.0 tonnes
It constitutes 70.8% of the country's total forex reserves.

Italy Gold Reserve: Rank 3
Total gold reserve: 2,451.8 tonnes
It constitutes 69% of the country's total forex reserves.

France Gold Reserve: Rank 4
Total gold reserve: 2,435.4 tonnes
It constitutes 65.9% of the country's total forex reserves.

China Gold Reserve: Rank 5
Total gold reserve: 1,054.1 tonnes
It constitutes 1.6% of the country's total forex reserves.

Switzerland Gold Reserve: Rank 6
Total gold reserve: 1,040.1 tonnes
It constitutes 16.3% of the country's total forex reserves.

Russia Gold Reserve: Rank 7
Total gold reserve: 792.3 tonnes
It constitutes 7.3% of the country's total forex reserves.

Japan Gold Reserve: Rank 8
Total gold reserve: 765.2 tonnes
It constitutes 3.1% of the country's total forex reserves.

Netherlands Gold Reserve: Rank 9
Total gold reserve: 612.5 tonnes
It constitutes 58.5% of the country's total forex reserves.

India Gold Reserve: Rank 10
Total gold reserve: 557.7 tonnes
It constitutes 8.3% of the country's total forex reserves.

Taiwan Gold Reserve: Rank 11
Total gold reserve: 423.6 tonnes
It constitutes 4.7% of the country's total forex reserves.

Portugal Gold Reserve: Rank 12
Total gold reserve: 382.5 tonnes.
It constitutes 82% of the country's total forex reserves.

Venezuela Gold Reserve: Rank 13
Total gold reserve: 365.8 tonnes.
It constitutes 54% of the country's total forex reserves

Saudi Arabia Gold Reserve: Rank 14
Total gold reserve: 322.9 tonnes
It constitutes 3% of the country's forex reserves.

United Kingdom Gold Reserve: Rank 15
Total gold reserve: 310.3 tonnes
It constitutes 16% of the country's total forex reserves.

Lebanon Gold Reserve: Rank 16
Total gold reserve: 286.8 tonnes
It constitutes 29% of the country's total forex reserves.

Spain Gold Reserve: Rank 17
Total gold reserve: 281.6 tonnes
It constitutes about 39.2% of the country's total gold reserves.

Austria Gold Reserve: Rank 18
Total gold reserves: 280 tonnes
It constitutes 55.4% of the country's total gold reserves.

Belgium Gold Reserve: Rank 19
Total gold reserves: 227.5 tonnes
It constitutes 37.4% of the country's total forex reserves.

Algeria Gold Reserve: Rank 20
Total gold reserve: 173.6 tonnes
It constitutes 4.3% of the country's total forex reserves.

Little Info regarding Gold –

The atomic number of gold is 79, which means there are 79 protons in the nucleus of every atom of gold.

Gold melts at 1064 degrees centigrade.

Gold boils at 2808 degrees centigrade.

Suggested Reading –

Part One - How Currency Exchange Rate is decided?
How Currency exchange rate of Indian Rupee and Dollar is decided?
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/part-one-how-currency-exchange-rate-is.html
 
Part Two - How Currency Exchange Rate is decided?
How Currency exchange rate of Indian Rupee and Dollar is decided?
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/part-two-how-currency-exchange-rate-is.html


Reality Views by sm-
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Keyword Tag – Gold Reserve Gold Ranking Country Name High Gold Reserve

Source - World Gold Council, as of April, 2011