Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold (current US$) by country

Countries reporting
96
Highest
257.87 billion current US$
Australia
Lowest
406,985 current US$
Oman
Median
3.38 billion current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
2,157

What the numbers show

Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold (current US$) is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 257.87 billion current US$ in Australia; the lowest is 406,985 current US$ in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.38 billion current US$, and the mean is 17.34 billion current US$.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 121,902,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 94.9%).

Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 257.87 billion current US$ 2020 up 315.9% volatile
2 Russia 216.54 billion current US$ 2020 up 234.2% volatile
3 United States 94.44 billion current US$ 2020 up 416.5% volatile
4 China 80.99 billion current US$ 2020 up 160.4% volatile
5 Canada 77.70 billion current US$ 2020 up 600.7% volatile
6 South Africa 72.08 billion current US$ 2020 up 201.9% volatile
7 Peru 65.53 billion current US$ 2020 up 108.0% volatile
8 Indonesia 63.23 billion current US$ 2020 up 85.0% volatile
9 Brazil 58.92 billion current US$ 2020 up 824.3% volatile
10 Mexico 45.35 billion current US$ 2020 up 263.9% volatile
11 Burkina Faso 38.57 billion current US$ 2020 up 359.4% volatile
12 Papua New Guinea 38.29 billion current US$ 2020 up 332.1% volatile
13 Kazakhstan 38.23 billion current US$ 2020 up 283.9% volatile
14 Ghana 37.72 billion current US$ 2020 up 231.4% volatile
15 Tanzania 33.62 billion current US$ 2020 up 268.6% volatile
16 Argentina 32.30 billion current US$ 2020 up 25.2% volatile
17 Colombia 28.09 billion current US$ 2020 up 88.7% volatile
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 26.05 billion current US$ 2020 up 814.1% volatile
19 Mali 24.83 billion current US$ 2020 up 164.0% volatile
20 Turkey 23.58 billion current US$ 2020 up 286.4% volatile
21 Sudan 21.63 billion current US$ 2020 up 240.7% volatile
22 Chile 19.60 billion current US$ 2020 up 31.3% volatile
23 Dominican Republic 17.05 billion current US$ 2020 up 7,705.8% volatile
24 Zimbabwe 15.20 billion current US$ 2020 up 359.3% volatile
25 Kyrgyzstan 13.90 billion current US$ 2020 up 123.1% volatile
26 Philippines 13.87 billion current US$ 2020 up 55.2% volatile
27 Bolivia 13.40 billion current US$ 2020 up 973.0% volatile
28 Cote d'Ivoire 12.98 billion current US$ 2020 up 757.6% volatile
29 Mongolia 12.55 billion current US$ 2020 up 365.3% volatile
30 Togo 12.41 billion current US$ 2020 up 362.2% volatile
31 Mauritania 12.24 billion current US$ 2020 up 455.1% volatile
32 Suriname 12.05 billion current US$ 2020 up 19.0% volatile
33 Guyana 10.51 billion current US$ 2020 up 197.8% volatile
34 Saudi Arabia 8.92 billion current US$ 2020 up 2,745.8% volatile
35 Egypt 8.73 billion current US$ 2020 up 5,753.7% volatile
36 Guinea 8.28 billion current US$ 2020 up 172.1% volatile
37 Senegal 7.70 billion current US$ 2020 up 637.6% volatile
38 Bulgaria 7.01 billion current US$ 2020 up 393.0% volatile
39 Iran 5.28 billion current US$ 2020 up 408.5% volatile
40 Finland 5.25 billion current US$ 2020 up 467.2% volatile
41 Ecuador 5.25 billion current US$ 2020 up 211.1% volatile
42 Sweden 5.00 billion current US$ 2020 up 162.6% volatile
43 Nicaragua 4.90 billion current US$ 2020 up 287.1% volatile
44 Tajikistan 4.71 billion current US$ 2020 up 492.8% volatile
45 Japan 4.60 billion current US$ 2020 up 81.9% volatile
46 Namibia 3.88 billion current US$ 2020 up 168.8% volatile
47 New Zealand 3.86 billion current US$ 2020 up 133.2% volatile
48 Laos 3.41 billion current US$ 2020 up 61.6% volatile
49 Georgia 3.35 billion current US$ 2020 up 146.7% volatile
50 Liberia 2.60 billion current US$ 2020 up 1,272.5% volatile
51 Costa Rica 2.60 billion current US$ 2020 up 2,016.4% volatile
52 Armenia 2.48 billion current US$ 2020 up 146.2% volatile
53 Zambia 2.42 billion current US$ 2020 up 54.7% volatile
54 Azerbaijan 2.22 billion current US$ 2020 up 220.7% volatile
55 Ethiopia 2.11 billion current US$ 2020 up 81.7% volatile
56 Uganda 1.99 billion current US$ 2020 up 174,423.0% volatile
57 Panama 1.63 billion current US$ 2020 up 372.2% volatile
58 Rwanda 1.57 billion current US$ 2020 up 184,141.0% volatile
59 Niger 1.47 billion current US$ 2020 up 258.0% volatile
60 Greece 1.35 billion current US$ 2020 up 593.3% volatile
61 Honduras 1.20 billion current US$ 2020 up 101.3% volatile
62 Malaysia 1.13 billion current US$ 2020 up 26.2% volatile
63 Spain 970.42 million current US$ 2020 volatile
64 Poland 746.97 million current US$ 2017 up 374.6% volatile
65 India 742.05 million current US$ 2020 up 114.7% volatile
66 Cameroon 726.90 million current US$ 2020 up 155.4% volatile
67 North Macedonia 615.93 million current US$ 2020 up 271.2% volatile
68 Burundi 522.77 million current US$ 2020 up 521.4% volatile
69 Botswana 517.64 million current US$ 2020 up 114.9% volatile
70 Uruguay 424.94 million current US$ 2020 up 26.3% volatile
71 France 385.13 million current US$ 2010 up 121,902,000,000,000.0% volatile
72 Vietnam 341.36 million current US$ 2020 up 46.9% volatile
73 Thailand 319.47 million current US$ 2016 down 45.4% volatile
74 Romania 310.32 million current US$ 2020 up 126.2% volatile
75 Mozambique 302.88 million current US$ 2020 up 902.8% volatile
76 Slovakia 208.54 million current US$ 2020 up 70.6% volatile
77 Italy 189.98 million current US$ 2011 up 2,540.0% volatile
78 Solomon Islands 146.10 million current US$ 2014 up 17,876.4% volatile
79 Guatemala 124.13 million current US$ 2020 down 84.7% volatile
80 Central African Republic 115.46 million current US$ 2020 up 596.0% volatile
81 South Korea 114.49 million current US$ 2020 up 57.5% volatile
82 Kenya 90.86 million current US$ 2020 down 38.3% volatile
83 Morocco 88.75 million current US$ 2020 up 460.6% volatile
84 Sierra Leone 74.48 million current US$ 2020 up 113.4% volatile
85 Gabon 60.58 million current US$ 2020 up 60.2% volatile
86 Serbia 54.05 million current US$ 2016 down 31.1% volatile
87 Nigeria 23.02 million current US$ 2020 down 87.7% volatile
88 Denmark 22.91 million current US$ 2013 down 45.8% falling
89 Madagascar 19.05 million current US$ 2012 up 12,224.8% volatile
90 Congo 17.79 million current US$ 2017 up 107.9% volatile
91 United Kingdom 17.38 million current US$ 2020 up 12.3% falling
92 Benin 1.94 million current US$ 2014 up 447.0% volatile
93 Chad 1.75 million current US$ 2016 down 75.9% volatile
94 Jamaica 1.75 million current US$ 2004 rising
95 Belize 1.25 million current US$ 2009 up 723.3% volatile
96 Oman 406,985 current US$ 2017 down 94.9% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Nonrenewable natural capital, metals and minerals: gold (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
96 places, 2,157 data points, 1995–2020
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