List of countries by gold production
This is a list of countries by gold production in 2024.[1]
Ranking
All production figures refer to primary mine production only (i.e., newly mined gold), excluding recycled gold.[2]
| 2024 Rank |
Country | Gold production (tonnes)[2] |
% of total | Reserves (tonnes)[2] |
% of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 3,300 | 100.0 | 64,000 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Template:Flagdeco China | 380 | 11.5 | 3,100 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Template:Flagdeco Russia | 310 | 9.4 | 12,000 | 18.8 |
| 3 | Template:Flagdeco Australia | 290 | 8.8 | 12,000 | 18.8 |
| 4 | Template:Flagdeco Canada | 200 | 6.1 | 3,200 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Template:Flagdeco United States | 160 | 4.8 | 3,000 | 4.7 |
| 6 | Template:Flagdeco Ghana | 130 | 3.9 | 1,000 | 1.6 |
| 7 | Template:Flagdeco Mexico | 130 | 3.9 | 1,400 | 2.2 |
| 8 | Template:Flagdeco Kazakhstan | 130 | 3.9 | 2,300 | 3.6 |
| 9 | Template:Flagdeco Uzbekistan | 120 | 3.6 | 1,800 | 2.8 |
| =10 | Template:Flagdeco Indonesia | 100 | 3.0 | 3,600 | 5.6 |
| =10 | Template:Flagdeco Peru | 100 | 3.0 | 2,500 | 3.9 |
| =10 | Template:Flagdeco South Africa | 100 | 3.0 | 5,000 | 7.8 |
History
Until 2006, South Africa was the world's largest gold producer. In 2007, increasing production from other countries and declining production from South Africa meant that China 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.[3]
See also
References
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