| Gold News Report | | | | - 42. Finland - 49.1 Tonnes |
| January 22, 2009, By: Bill Chiam, The world official gold | | | | - 43. Bulgaria - 39.8 Tonnes |
| holdings (December 2008) in tonnes as reported by | | | | - 44. West African Economic and Monetary Union - |
| the World Gold Council | | | | 36.5 Tonnes |
| SINGAPORE: World Gold reserves (or gold holdings) | | | | - 45. Malaysia - 36.4 Tonnes |
| are held by central banks as a store of value. | | | | - 46. Slovakia - 35.1 Tonnes |
| The world gold reserve total 29,697.1 tonnes, or in | | | | - 47. Peru - 34.7 Tonnes |
| excess of 29697100 kg, 954798572.48 troy ounces, | | | | - 48. Brazil - 33.6 Tonnes |
| with total value at today gold price equal to about | | | | - 49. Bolivia - 28.3 Tonnes |
| US$753 Billion dollar. | | | | - 50. Ukraine - 26.4 Tonnes |
| Singapore gold reserves (or gold holdings) total 127.4 | | | | - 51. Ecuador - 26.3 Tonnes |
| tonnes, or in excess of 127400 kg, 4096067.90 troy | | | | - 52. Morocco - 22.0 Tonnes |
| ounces, with total value at today gold price equal to | | | | - 53. Nigeria - 21.4 Tonnes |
| about US$32 Billion, or S$48 Billion dollar. | | | | - 54. Belarus - 20.4 Tonnes |
| As one metric tonne equals 1,000 kilograms (or 32,150 | | | | - 55. South Korea - 14.3 Tonnes |
| troy ounces), one tonne of gold equates to a value of | | | | - 56. Cyprus - 13.9 Tonnes |
| US$25 million at January 2009 gold prices (US$861.34 | | | | - 57. Czech Republic - 13.1 Tonnes |
| troy ounces). | | | | - 58. Netherlands Antilles - 13.1 Tonnes |
| The world gold reserves as reported by the World | | | | - 59. Jordan - 12.7 Tonnes |
| Gold Council (December 2008) as shown in the | | | | - 60. Serbia - 12.5 Tonnes |
| breakdown of individual countries. USA as independent | | | | - 61. Cambodia - 12.4 Tonnes |
| countries, has the largest gold reserves. But in total the | | | | - 62. Qatar - 12.4 Tonnes |
| Euro Area (incl. ECB) have the largest gold reserves | | | | - 63. Laos - 8.1 Tonnes |
| (10,886.8 tonnes as of December 2008). | | | | - 64. Latvia - 7.7 Tonnes |
| Note: Value of Metal is calculated as of January 21, | | | | - 65. El Salvador - 7.3 Tonnes |
| 2009. takes no responsibility for any misapprehension. | | | | - 66. Economic and Monetary Community of Central |
| World Official Gold Holdings Ranking: | | | | Africa - 7.1 Tonnes |
| - 01. United States - 8,133.5 Tonnes | | | | - 67. Guatemala - 6.9 Tonnes |
| - 02. Germany - 3,412.6 Tonnes | | | | - 68. Colombia - 6.9 Tonnes |
| - 03. International Monetary Fund - 3,412.6 Tonnes | | | | - 69. Macedonia - 6.8 Tonnes |
| - 04. France - 2,508.8 Tonnes | | | | - 70. Tunisia - 6.8 Tonnes |
| - 05. Italy - 2,451.8 Tonnes | | | | - 71. Lithuania - 5.8 Tonnes |
| - 06. Switzerland - 1,040.1 Tonnes | | | | - 72. Ireland - 5.5 Tonnes |
| - 07. Japan - 765.2 Tonnes | | | | - 73. Sri Lanka - 5.3 Tonnes |
| - 08. Netherlands - 621.4 Tonnes | | | | - 74. Mexico - 3.8 Tonnes |
| - 09. People's Republic of China - 600.0 Tonnes | | | | - 75. Bangladesh - 3.5 Tonnes |
| - 10. European Central Bank - 533.6 Tonnes | | | | - 76. Canada - 3.4 Tonnes |
| - 11. Russia - 495.9 Tonnes | | | | - 77. Slovenia - 3.2 Tonnes |
| - 12. Republic of China (Taiwan) - 422.4 Tonnes | | | | - 78.. Aruba - 3.1 Tonnes |
| - 13. Portugal - 382.5 Tonnes | | | | - 79 Hungary - 3.1 Tonnes |
| - 14. India - 357.7 Tonnes | | | | - 80. Mozambique - 3.0 Tonnes |
| - 15. Venezuela - 356.4 Tonnes | | | | - 81. Kyrgyzstan - 2.6 Tonnes |
| - 16. United Kingdom - 310.3 Tonnes | | | | - 82. Luxembourg - 2.3 Tonnes |
| - 17. Lebanon - 286.8 Tonnes | | | | - 83. Albania - 2.2 Tonnes |
| - 18. Spain - 281.6 Tonnes | | | | - 84. Hong Kong - 2.1 Tonnes |
| - 19. Austria - 280.0 Tonnes | | | | - 85. Tajikistan2.1 Tonnes |
| - 20. Belgium - 227.5 Tonnes | | | | - 86. Iceland 2.0 Tonnes |
| - 21. Algeria - 173.6 Tonnes | | | | - 87. Papua New Guinea - 2.0 Tonnes |
| - 22. Libya - 143.8 Tonnes | | | | - 88. Mauritius - 1.9 Tonnes |
| - 23. Saudi Arabia - 143.0 Tonnes | | | | - 89. Trinidad and Tobago - 1.9 Tonnes |
| - 24. Sweden - 139.5 Tonnes | | | | - 90. Yemen - 1.6 Tonnes |
| - 25. Philippines - 138.1 Tonnes | | | | - 91. Suriname - 1.4 Tonnes |
| - 26. Singapore - 127.4 Tonnes | | | | - 92. Cameroon - 0.9 Tonnes |
| - 27. Bank for International Settlements - 125.0 Tonnes | | | | - 93. Honduras - 0.7 Tonnes |
| - 28. South Africa - 124.4 Tonnes | | | | - 94. Paraguay - 0.7 Tonnes |
| - 29. Turkey - 116.1 Tonnes | | | | - 95. Dominican Republic - 0.6 Tonnes |
| - 30. Greece - 112.7 Tonnes | | | | - 96. Gabon - 0.4 Tonnes |
| - 31. Romania - 103.7 Tonnes | | | | - 97. Mauritania - 0.4 Tonnes |
| - 32. Poland - 103.0 Tonnes | | | | - 98. Central African Republic - 0.3 Tonnes |
| - 33. Thailand - 84.0 Tonnes | | | | - 99. Chad - 0.3 Tonnes |
| - 34. Australia - 79.8 Tonnes | | | | - 100. Republic of the Congo - 0.3 Tonnes |
| - 35. Kuwait - 79.0 Tonnes | | | | - 101. Uruguay - 0.3 Tonnes |
| - 36. Egypt - 75.6 Tonnes | | | | - 102. Fuji - 0.2 Tonnes |
| - 37. Indonesia - 73.1 Tonnes | | | | - 103. Estonia - 0.2 Tonnes |
| - 38. Kazakhstan - 71.9 Tonnes | | | | - 104. Chile - 0.2 Tonnes |
| - 39. Denmark - 66.5 Tonnes | | | | - 105. Malta - 0.2 Tonnes |
| - 40. Pakistan - 65.3 Tonnes | | | | - 106. Costa Rica - 0. |
| - 41. Argentina - 54.7 Tonnes | | | | |