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Gold reserve percentage in central banks worldwide 2016

Percentage of gold reserves in selected central bank holdings in 2016

The data displays the % share of gold as compared to the total central bank reserves of the countries with the biggest gold holdings worldwide, as of December 2016. At that point, the U.S. central bank kept more than 75% of its total monetary holdings as gold reserves.

United States 75.3
Germany 69.5
Italy 68.4
France 66.2
Netherlands 64.1
Portugal 62.3
European Central Bank 27
Russia 16.3
Switzerland 6.1
India 6.1
Japan 2.5
China 2.3