Top 20 according to World Gold Council 's latest rankings (as of May 2018) Rank Country / Organization Gold holdings (in metric tons) Gold 's share of forex reserves United States 8,133.5 75.0 % Germany 3,372.2 70.3 % International Monetary Fund 2,814.0 N / A Italy 2,451.8 67.8 % 5 France 2,436.0 63.4 % 6 Russia 1,909.5 18 % 7 China 1,842.6 2.4 % 8 Switzerland 1,040.0 5.4 % 9 Japan 765.2 2.6 % 10 Netherlands 612.5 67.2 % 11 Turkey 595.5 23.0 % 12 India 558.1 5.6 % 13 European Central Bank 504.8 27.6 % 14 Taiwan 423.6 3.8 % 15 Portugal 382.5 60.4 % 16 Saudi Arabia 322.9 2.7 % 17 United Kingdom 310.3 8.4 % 18 Kazakhstan 310.1 42.5 % 19 Lebanon 286.8 21.6 % 20 Spain 281.6 17.0 %
who holds the most gold reserves in the world
United States