Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per square kilometre by country
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
841.53 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
36.84 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre
Somalia
Median
85,819 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,952
What the numbers show
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 841.53 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 36.84 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 85,819 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 10.44 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 5,722.5%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 92.3%).
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 841.53 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Singapore | 501.16 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 405.29 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Switzerland | 21.87 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 5 | San Marino | 13.93 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Israel | 9.46 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Aruba | 8.16 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Bahrain | 6.40 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Qatar | 4.49 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 10 | South Korea | 4.31 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Malta | 3.82 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Barbados | 3.73 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Mauritius | 3.63 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 3.55 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Kuwait | 2.95 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 2.73 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Lebanon | 2.69 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 2.67 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Netherlands | 2.07 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Maldives | 1.98 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Czechia | 1.92 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Seychelles | 1.48 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 1.37 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.22 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Grenada | 1.19 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 1.16 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.10 million includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Cayman Islands | 975,000 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 923,504 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Brunei | 850,615 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Italy | 836,589 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 828,107 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 735,399 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 719,395 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Micronesia (country) | 710,620 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 562.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 695,613 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Poland | 632,720 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Tonga | 550,736 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 500,971 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Jamaica | 449,551 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.7% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 446,780 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 439,370 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 426,805 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 384,721 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Austria | 378,240 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 367,433 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 347,929 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Malaysia | 345,345 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Serbia | 327,856 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 322,559 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 231.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | 317,279 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Vietnam | 294,285 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 255.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 259,009 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 258,524 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Bahamas | 250,917 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominica | 244,707 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Albania | 235,600 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 132.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovakia | 234,786 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 424.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Norway | 220,878 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Palestine | 219,618 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 61 | Jordan | 214,754 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 213,030 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 211,151 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Cape Verde | 207,911 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | 206,301 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Guatemala | 198,872 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.2% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 198,849 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 193,641 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Ireland | 187,319 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 688.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Turkey | 183,033 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 179,784 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Comoros | 174,401 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 168,177 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 166,350 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Moldova | 165,597 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Samoa | 160,824 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 253.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Sweden | 149,441 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 148,609 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Armenia | 127,928 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Slovenia | 117,719 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Montenegro | 116,995 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 113,210 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Syria | 112,356 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2010 | up 5,722.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Mexico | 110,248 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | 105,575 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Lithuania | 98,534 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | 93,724 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Uruguay | 92,885 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 91,085 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Nepal | 86,893 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Fiji | 84,746 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 92 | United States | 84,551 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Morocco | 81,398 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Latvia | 79,650 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 78,424 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 96 | Indonesia | 77,334 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Rwanda | 74,343 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Georgia | 71,985 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 71,211 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Ukraine | 69,917 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 67,418 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Chile | 62,433 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Estonia | 60,690 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 739.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Tunisia | 59,473 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 105 | New Zealand | 58,818 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Iceland | 57,609 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Gambia | 57,019 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 56,752 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Oman | 56,396 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Peru | 55,777 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Finland | 55,694 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 112 | East Timor | 55,501 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Equatorial Guinea | 54,847 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Colombia | 53,214 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 52,811 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 259.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 52,529 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 117 | South Africa | 51,514 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48,174 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 45,263 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Brazil | 42,476 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | 39,992 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Nigeria | 36,730 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Russia | 36,467 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 34,100 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Egypt | 33,221 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 28,132 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 27,864 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Paraguay | 24,963 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 24,588 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 23,804 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 403.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Djibouti | 21,658 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Belize | 20,768 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 19,644 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Ecuador | 17,884 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Pakistan | 17,811 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 17,160 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 16,876 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Ghana | 15,927 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 14,947 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Myanmar | 14,307 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Canada | 13,375 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 13,322 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Kenya | 12,639 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Angola | 11,183 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Venezuela | 11,104 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2017 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Cameroon | 10,328 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 8,615 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Argentina | 8,434 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 8,392 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 8,387 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Australia | 8,022 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea | 7,680 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Laos | 7,668 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 6,868 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Malawi | 6,306 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | up 82.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Tanzania | 5,701 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2018 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Gabon | 5,617 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Iran | 4,719 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 1982 | up 624.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Mozambique | 4,625 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 4,583 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Madagascar | 4,524 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 239.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Zambia | 4,269 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Guyana | 4,240 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Namibia | 3,591 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Burundi | 3,518 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 3,220 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 1999 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 167 | Mongolia | 3,154 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 2,369 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2,251 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 204.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Congo | 2,095 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Mauritania | 1,978 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 305.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 1,797 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Bolivia | 1,662 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Eritrea | 1,583 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2019 | up 112.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Chad | 833.7 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 769.84 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 298.64 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | 115.33 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Sudan | 95.25 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 2017 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 180 | Somalia | 36.84 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre | 1989 | down 55.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 446,936 includes gold, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Total reserves International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.