List of countries by gold production
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Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production.[4]
2018 Rank |
Country | Gold production (tonnes)[2] |
Reserves (tonnes)[5] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 404 | 2,000 |
2 | Australia | 319 | 9,800 |
3 | Russia | 297 | 5,300 |
4 | United States | 222 | 3,000 |
5 | Canada | 189 | 2,200 |
6 | Peru | 158 | 2,600 |
7 | Indonesia | 137 | 2,500 |
8 | Ghana | 130 | 1,000 |
9 | South Africa | 130 | 6,000 |
10 | Mexico | 115 | 1,400 |
11 | Brazil | 97 | 2,400 |
12 | Uzbekistan | 92 | 1,800 |
13 | Sudan | 77 | 1,550[6] |
14 | Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1,300 |
15 | Kazakhstan | 68 | 1,000 |
Rest of the world | 1,001 | 12,000 | |
World | 3,503 | 54,000 |