Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: gold (current US$) by country
Countries reporting
94
Highest
19,848 current US$
Suriname
Lowest
0.0896 current US$
Oman
Median
246.23 current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
2,157
What the numbers show
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: gold (current US$) is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 19,848 current US$ in Suriname; the lowest is 0.0896 current US$ in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 246.23 current US$, and the mean is 974.77 current US$.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 114,199,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 97.1%).
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: gold: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 19,848 current US$ | 2020 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 13,187 current US$ | 2020 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 10,054 current US$ | 2020 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3,927 current US$ | 2020 | up 236.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Mongolia | 3,811 current US$ | 2020 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritania | 2,721 current US$ | 2020 | up 321.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,113 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Canada | 2,043 current US$ | 2020 | up 526.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 2,038 current US$ | 2020 | up 234.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Peru | 1,967 current US$ | 2020 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 1,792 current US$ | 2020 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Namibia | 1,559 current US$ | 2020 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 1,550 current US$ | 2020 | up 6,837.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Russia | 1,491 current US$ | 2020 | up 228.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 1,470 current US$ | 2020 | up 259.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 1,172 current US$ | 2020 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 1,170 current US$ | 2020 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Bolivia | 1,122 current US$ | 2020 | up 819.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 1,016 current US$ | 2020 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 1,011 current US$ | 2020 | up 425.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 970.31 current US$ | 2020 | up 276.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Finland | 949.57 current US$ | 2020 | up 450.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Georgia | 900.45 current US$ | 2020 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Armenia | 884.87 current US$ | 2020 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 26 | New Zealand | 758.45 current US$ | 2020 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 725.11 current US$ | 2020 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Argentina | 711.78 current US$ | 2020 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea | 626.8 current US$ | 2020 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 551.44 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Tanzania | 544.92 current US$ | 2020 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Liberia | 511.98 current US$ | 2020 | up 984.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 508.01 current US$ | 2020 | up 1,809.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 493.95 current US$ | 2020 | up 373.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan | 486.62 current US$ | 2020 | up 169.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 483.96 current US$ | 2020 | up 575.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 482.63 current US$ | 2020 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 468.54 current US$ | 2020 | up 462.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Laos | 466.29 current US$ | 2020 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Panama | 380.68 current US$ | 2020 | up 298.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mexico | 359.96 current US$ | 2020 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 331.84 current US$ | 2020 | up 284.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Ecuador | 298.24 current US$ | 2020 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 44 | United States | 284.86 current US$ | 2020 | up 381.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkey | 282.84 current US$ | 2020 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 280.52 current US$ | 2020 | up 553.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Brazil | 276.36 current US$ | 2020 | up 751.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 247.88 current US$ | 2020 | up 2,225.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 244.57 current US$ | 2014 | up 14,097.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Indonesia | 232.58 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 219.59 current US$ | 2020 | up 187.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Botswana | 203.28 current US$ | 2020 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Zambia | 127.79 current US$ | 2020 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Greece | 126.29 current US$ | 2020 | up 620.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Uruguay | 123.92 current US$ | 2020 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 123.59 current US$ | 2020 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 119.8 current US$ | 2020 | up 144,377.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 118.5 current US$ | 2020 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Egypt | 81.25 current US$ | 2020 | up 4,652.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Iran | 60.44 current US$ | 2020 | up 339.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Niger | 60.22 current US$ | 2020 | up 144.9% | volatile |
| 62 | China | 57.4 current US$ | 2020 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Uganda | 44.8 current US$ | 2020 | up 127,012.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Burundi | 42.78 current US$ | 2020 | up 364.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovakia | 38.2 current US$ | 2020 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 36.41 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Malaysia | 34.08 current US$ | 2020 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Cameroon | 27.44 current US$ | 2020 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Gabon | 26.42 current US$ | 2020 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Spain | 20.49 current US$ | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Poland | 19.67 current US$ | 2017 | up 376.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 17.99 current US$ | 2020 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Romania | 16.11 current US$ | 2020 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 9.71 current US$ | 2020 | up 642.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 9.05 current US$ | 2020 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Serbia | 7.66 current US$ | 2016 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Guatemala | 7.36 current US$ | 2020 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 79 | France | 5.92 current US$ | 2010 | up 114,199,000,000,000.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Thailand | 4.52 current US$ | 2016 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Denmark | 4.08 current US$ | 2013 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 82 | Belize | 3.98 current US$ | 2009 | up 509.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Vietnam | 3.53 current US$ | 2020 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Congo | 3.35 current US$ | 2017 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Italy | 3.2 current US$ | 2011 | up 2,433.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 2.42 current US$ | 2020 | up 396.1% | volatile |
| 87 | South Korea | 2.21 current US$ | 2020 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Kenya | 1.75 current US$ | 2020 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Madagascar | 0.8293 current US$ | 2012 | up 8,602.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 0.6578 current US$ | 2004 | — | rising |
| 91 | India | 0.5314 current US$ | 2020 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 0.2591 current US$ | 2020 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 93 | Benin | 0.1828 current US$ | 2014 | up 306.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Chad | 0.1202 current US$ | 2016 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Nigeria | 0.1105 current US$ | 2020 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Oman | 0.0896 current US$ | 2017 | down 97.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 1,226 current US$
- Central African Republic 21.61 current US$