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List of countries by gold production
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<h2 id="ranking">Ranking</h2> <p>All production figures refer to primary mine production only (i.e., newly mined gold), excluding recycled gold.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>2024Rank</th><th>Country</th><th>Gold production(<a href="/facts/Tonne/gMymLmWv">tonnes</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></th><th>% of total</th><th>Reserves(tonnes)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></th><th>% of total</th></tr><tr><td>—</td><td><i>World</i></td><td>3,300</td><td>100.0</td><td>64,000</td><td>100.0</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gold_mining_in_China/E0AnGGYU">China</a></td><td>380</td><td>11.5</td><td>3,100</td><td>4.8</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_industry_of_Russia/4x9ns4WD">Russia</a></td><td>310</td><td>9.4</td><td>12,000</td><td>18.8</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_in_Australia/12Srt3UM">Australia</a></td><td>290</td><td>8.8</td><td>12,000</td><td>18.8</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_in_Canada/P5ktaTz7">Canada</a></td><td>200</td><td>6.1</td><td>3,200</td><td>5.0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> <a href="/facts/Gold_mining_in_the_United_States/f4eNeUUX">United States</a></td><td>160</td><td>4.8</td><td>3,000</td><td>4.7</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_industry_of_Ghana/DyefdTk6">Ghana</a></td><td>130</td><td>3.9</td><td>1,000</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_in_Mexico/0TCxkNxl">Mexico</a></td><td>130</td><td>3.9</td><td>1,400</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mineral_industry_of_Kazakhstan/QBI5DeW5">Kazakhstan</a></td><td>130</td><td>3.9</td><td>2,300</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> <a href="/facts/Economy_of_Uzbekistan/Pg4N7V2z">Uzbekistan</a></td><td>120</td><td>3.6</td><td>1,800</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><td>=10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Economy_of_Indonesia/WqcYHLtf">Indonesia</a></td><td>100</td><td>3.0</td><td>3,600</td><td>5.6</td></tr><tr><td>=10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_industry_of_Peru/doKvDe6I">Peru</a></td><td>100</td><td>3.0</td><td>2,500</td><td>3.9</td></tr><tr><td>=10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa/sQ6JAz7u">South Africa</a></td><td>100</td><td>3.0</td><td>5,000</td><td>7.8</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Until 2006, <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a> was the world's largest <a href="/facts/Gold/1znknojp">gold</a> producer. In 2007, increasing production from other countries and declining production from South Africa meant that <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> became the largest producer, although no country has approached the scale of South Africa's period of peak production during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Largest_gold_companies/RVmjFMXW">Largest gold companies</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. January 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-11. <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2023/mcs2023-gold.pdf" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2023/mcs2023-gold.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025. <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025. <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025. <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf" target="_blank">https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-gold.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"South African production: important but no longer globally significant". World Gold Council. 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2020-09-28. <a href="https://www.gold.org/goldhub/gold-focus/2019/06/south-african-production-important-no-longer-globally-significant" target="_blank">https://www.gold.org/goldhub/gold-focus/2019/06/south-african-production-important-no-longer-globally-significant</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>