Gold production - Country rankings
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Gold production in kilograms, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 90 countries was 35128 kilograms. The highest value was in China: 372048 kilograms and the lowest value was in Burundi: 42 kilograms. The indicator is available from 2001 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: kilograms; Source: USGS
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Countries | Gold production, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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China | 372048 | 1 | 2001 - 2022 |
Australia | 313872 | 2 | 2001 - 2022 |
Russia | 310000 | 3 | 2001 - 2022 |
Canada | 205831 | 4 | 2001 - 2022 |
USA | 173000 | 5 | 2001 - 2022 |
Mexico | 120000 | 6 | 2001 - 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 115000 | 7 | 2001 - 2022 |
Indonesia | 105460 | 8 | 2001 - 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 104000 | 9 | 2001 - 2022 |
Peru | 96740 | 10 | 2001 - 2022 |
South Africa | 88883 | 11 | 2001 - 2022 |
Ghana | 88000 | 12 | 2001 - 2022 |
Mali | 64000 | 13 | 2001 - 2022 |
Brazil | 61000 | 14 | 2001 - 2022 |
Burkina Faso | 58130 | 15 | 2001 - 2022 |
Tanzania | 56943 | 16 | 2001 - 2022 |
Bolivia | 53286 | 17 | 2001 - 2022 |
Ivory Coast | 48000 | 18 | 2001 - 2022 |
Papua N.G. | 45000 | 19 | 2001 - 2022 |
Argentina | 43000 | 20 | 2001 - 2022 |
DR Congo | 43000 | 21 | 2001 - 2022 |
Colombia | 42142 | 22 | 2001 - 2022 |
Sudan | 41800 | 23 | 2001 - 2022 |
Turkey | 39000 | 24 | 2001 - 2022 |
Zimbabwe | 37355 | 25 | 2001 - 2022 |
Chile | 30966 | 26 | 2001 - 2022 |
Philippines | 29036 | 27 | 2001 - 2022 |
Kyrgyzstan | 25337 | 28 | 2001 - 2022 |
Domin. Rep. | 25000 | 29 | 2008 - 2022 |
Guinea | 21232 | 30 | 2001 - 2022 |
Togo | 20000 | 31 | 2008 - 2022 |
Mauritania | 19300 | 32 | 2006 - 2022 |
Mongolia | 19000 | 33 | 2001 - 2022 |
Suriname | 18000 | 34 | 2001 - 2022 |
Ecuador | 16000 | 35 | 2001 - 2022 |
Senegal | 15800 | 36 | 2001 - 2022 |
Guyana | 15129 | 37 | 2001 - 2022 |
Egypt | 13716 | 38 | 2009 - 2022 |
Tajikistan | 11907 | 39 | 2001 - 2022 |
Liberia | 11700 | 40 | 2001 - 2022 |
Nicaragua | 11000 | 41 | 2001 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 10000 | 42 | 2001 - 2022 |
Laos | 9900 | 43 | 2003 - 2022 |
Sweden | 8800 | 44 | 2001 - 2022 |
Finland | 8390 | 45 | 2001 - 2022 |
Japan | 7500 | 46 | 2001 - 2022 |
Serbia | 7290 | 47 | 2001 - 2022 |
Iran | 7000 | 48 | 2001 - 2022 |
Namibia | 6812 | 49 | 2001 - 2022 |
New Zealand | 5800 | 50 | 2001 - 2022 |
Georgia | 4908 | 51 | 2001 - 2022 |
Panama | 4400 | 52 | 2004 - 2022 |
Eritrea | 4200 | 53 | 2001 - 2022 |
Armenia | 4000 | 54 | 2001 - 2022 |
Ethiopia | 3480 | 55 | 2001 - 2022 |
Zambia | 3409 | 56 | 2006 - 2022 |
Cambodia | 3300 | 57 | 2021 - 2022 |
Uganda | 3200 | 58 | 2002 - 2022 |
Azerbaijan | 3175 | 59 | 2009 - 2022 |
Greece | 3000 | 60 | 2008 - 2022 |
Rwanda | 2900 | 61 | 2001 - 2022 |
Honduras | 2800 | 62 | 2001 - 2022 |
Niger | 2000 | 63 | 2001 - 2022 |
Malaysia | 1800 | 64 | 2001 - 2022 |
Madagascar | 1500 | 65 | 2003 - 2022 |
Spain | 1400 | 66 | 2001 - 2022 |
Mozambique | 1264 | 67 | 2001 - 2022 |
India | 1200 | 68 | 2001 - 2022 |
C.A. Republic | 1000 | 69 | 2001 - 2022 |
North Korea | 1000 | 70 | 2001 - 2022 |
Costa Rica | 864 | 71 | 2001 - 2022 |
Poland | 800 | 72 | 2001 - 2022 |
Burma | 770 | 73 | 2001 - 2022 |
Vietnam | 600 | 74 | 2001 - 2022 |
Fiji | 584 | 75 | 2001 - 2022 |
Kenya | 565 | 76 | 2001 - 2022 |
Solomon Isl. | 546 | 77 | 2001 - 2022 |
Venezuela | 480 | 78 | 2001 - 2022 |
Botswana | 427 | 79 | 2001 - 2022 |
Slovakia | 399 | 80 | 2001 - 2022 |
Nigeria | 350 | 81 | 2001 - 2022 |
Cameroon | 300 | 82 | 2001 - 2022 |
Guatemala | 200 | 83 | 2001 - 2022 |
Morocco | 140 | 84 | 2001 - 2022 |
South Korea | 128 | 85 | 2001 - 2022 |
Algeria | 100 | 86 | 2001 - 2022 |
Gabon | 100 | 87 | 2001 - 2022 |
Sierra Leone | 60 | 88 | 2006 - 2022 |
UK | 50 | 89 | 2008 - 2022 |
Burundi | 42 | 90 | 2001 - 2022 |
Definition: Gold production in kilograms.
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