As an area, the Euro zone has amassed the worlds largest amounts of gold, having 10,793.4 tonnes. As for individual countries, the United States currently hold the most gold reserves having 8,133.5 tonnes. China comes second having 4,216.4 tonnes and Germany is third with 3,407.6 tonnes.
Wikipedia has an interesting page which show a chart with all the different countries and the amount of gold that they currently hold. The link is below. Gold is measured differently from other materials in Troy ounces, one tonne is approximately 32150.75 troy ounces.
SPDR Gold Shares are among the holders of the worlds largest private gold holders, having 1,305.69 tonnes, others include iShares Gold Trust with 99.72 tonnes and The Central Fund of Canada with 46.79 tonnes. The estimated amount for all the gold ever mined by the end of 2009 totaled 165,000 tonnes!
1. United States Value of Reserves: $358.63 billion Holdings Total: 8,965.65 tons click here for the top 15: cnbc.com/id/33242464/The_World_s_Biggest....
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