Gold Market Data
The gold market's fundamentals from official sources — who holds how much, how it changed, and what it costs to mine. Every row states its reporting period and a source you can check; the figures refresh as soon as the source publishes.
IMF · IRFCL
Central bank gold reserves
Gold each country holds as official reserves, as its central bank reports to the IMF (IRFCL dataset). Countries report on different schedules — some monthly, some quarterly — so each row shows its own period.
Countries in this set
25
Total gold
28,990.22 t
Latest period
September 2026
| # | Country · source | Holding | vs previous period | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States U.S. Department of the Treasury | 8,133.53 t | ● 0.00 | July 2026 |
| 2 |  Germany Deutsche Bundesbank | 3,349.12 t | ▼ −0.20 | August 2026 |
| 3 |  Italy Banca d'Italia | 2,451.85 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 4 |  France Banque de France | 2,437.01 t | ▼ −0.01 | August 2026 |
| 5 | 2,386.57 t | ▲ +20.22 | August 2026 | |
| 6 |  Russia Bank of Russia | 2,270.55 t | ▼ −6.22 | August 2026 |
| 7 |  Switzerland Swiss National Bank | 1,039.94 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 8 | 880.52 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 | |
| 9 | 845.98 t | ● 0.00 | September 2026 | |
| 10 | 791.37 t | ▲ +18.92 | August 2026 | |
| 11 |  Poland Narodowy Bank Polski | 647.98 t | ▲ +7.78 | August 2026 |
| 12 |  Netherlands De Nederlandsche Bank | 612.46 t | ● 0.00 | September 2026 |
| 13 |  Portugal Banco de Portugal | 382.67 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 14 |  Kazakhstan National Bank of Kazakhstan | 369.76 t | ▲ +1.38 | July 2026 |
| 15 |  Saudi Arabia Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) | 323.07 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 16 |  United Kingdom HM Treasury / Bank of England | 310.29 t | ● 0.00 | September 2026 |
| 17 |  Spain Banco de España | 281.60 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 18 | 280.02 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 | |
| 19 |  Thailand ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย | 234.60 t | ● 0.00 | July 2026 |
| 20 |  Belgium National Bank of Belgium | 227.40 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 21 |  Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore | 203.42 t | ▼ −0.12 | August 2026 |
| 22 |  Brazil Banco Central do Brasil | 172.45 t | ▲ +42.80 | 2025 |
| 23 |  Philippines Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas | 133.53 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
| 24 |  Mexico Banco de México | 120.02 t | ▼ −0.03 | July 2026 |
| 25 |  South Korea Bank of Korea | 104.51 t | ● 0.00 | August 2026 |
Tonnes are converted from the reported troy ounces (1 tonne = 32,150.7466 oz). Not real-time — figures change when a central bank reports a new period, which we pick up within an hour. Estimated value uses spot gold at $4,197.89/oz on 9 Oct 2026. View the IMF IRFCL dataset
Physically backed ETF
Gold held by SPDR Gold Shares
The world's largest gold ETF holds physical bullion to back its shares. The figure is separate from national reserves and is a daily read on institutional buying and selling.
Tokenized gold
Physical gold backing digital tokens
Gold the issuer holds on behalf of token holders — not national reserves. Rows marked "read on-chain" show the token's total supply at the time of reading, which the issuer attests is backed one-for-one.
| Token · issuer | Gold backing | As of |
|---|---|---|
Pax Gold (PAXG) Paxos Trust Company · 1 PAXG = 1 fine troy oz View source | 13.582 t | 9 Oct 2026 |
Only tokens traceable to the blockchain or an independent auditor's report are listed. Nothing is derived from market prices or third-party websites.
Gold mining costs
Gold miners' production cost
All-in Sustaining Cost (AISC) is the total a miner spends per ounce to produce gold and keep production going — the price below which mining starts to lose money.
This section appears once each figure has been verified against the company's quarterly report.
AISC is not one accounting standard across companies (by-product credits and attributable share differ), so always read it with its reporting basis.
This page is for education, not investment advice. Every figure comes from the official source named in its row; verify at the source before citing.
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