RBI Gold: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently brought 100 tonnes of gold from Britain to India. This gold of India was kept in the Bank of England. Now RBI has shifted it to the offices of Mumbai and Nagpur. After the year 1991, this is the first time that RBI has taken such a big decision regarding gold. Since then, people have become curious about how much gold reserve the central banks of India and the big countries of the world have. Let us give you complete information about the top 10 countries which have the largest gold reserve.
500 tonnes of India’s gold was abroad
According to the report of the World Gold Council, India had about 800 tonnes of gold till the first quarter of the financial year 2024. Out of this, about 500 tonnes were kept abroad and 300 tonnes in India. Now after RBI brought 100 tonnes of gold to India, this figure has become 50-50 percent. America has the most gold in the world. Its gold reserve is about 8133 tonnes. India comes at number 9 in this list. We currently have 822 tonnes of gold. RBI is continuously buying gold. In such a situation, we can soon overtake Japan and come to number 8. Japan currently has about 845 tonnes of gold.
These 10 countries have the most gold
Experts have said that in view of the deteriorating situation in the world due to the conflict in the Middle East and the US action against Russia, RBI has decided to bring 100 tonnes of gold to India. This is the reason why many central banks of the world are also continuously buying gold. Due to this, the price of the yellow metal is continuously increasing. According to the World Gold Council, these countries have the most gold in the world.
- US – 8,133.46 tonnes ($579,050.15 million)
- Germany – 3,352.65 tonnes ($238,662.64 million)
- Italy – 2,451.84 tonnes ($174,555.00 million)
- France – 2,436.88 tonnes ($173,492.11 million)
- Russia – 2,332.74 tonnes ($166,076.25 million)
- China – 2,262.45 tonnes ($161,071.82 million)
- Switzerland – 1,040.00 tonnes ($69,495.46 million)
- Japan – 845.97 tonnes ($60,227.84 million)
- India – 822.09 tonnes ($58,527.34 million)
- Netherlands – 612.45 tonnes ($43,602.77 million)
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