The following is a list of countries by gold exports. Data is for 2018, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. [1] Currently twenty countries, as of 2018, are listed (their 2012 and 2016 figures are also provided).
| # | Country | Value in 2012 | Value in 2016 | Value in 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland | 52,519 | 67,367 | 63,781 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom | 3,326 | 14,920 | 25,772 |
| 3 |  United States | 27,154 | 19,749 | 18,138 |
| 4 |  South Africa | 20,436 | 20,670 | 17,882 |
| 5 |  Australia | 13,530 | 20,498 | 16,091 |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates | 14,745 | 26,979 | 15,369 |
| 7 |  Canada | 3,730 | 6,415 | 12,921 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong | 48,312 | 29,334 | 12,076 |
| 9 |  Singapore | 4,640 | 5,537 | 10,128 |
| 10 |  Ghana | 7,203 | 9,411 | 10,030 |
| 11 |  Japan | 6,122 | 8,599 | 7,293 |
| 12 |  Peru | 9,686 | 6,251 | 7,076 |
| 13 |  Mexico | 8,379 | 5,388 | 4,824 |
| 14 |  Germany | 11,037 | 5,017 | 4,665 |
| 15 |  Thailand | 6,451 | 6,942 | 4,414 |
| 16 |  Burkina Faso | 274 | 3,019 | 4,281 |
| 17 |  Turkey | 13,152 | 12,011 | 3,209 |
| 18 |  Brazil | 3,080 | 3,346 | 2,973 |
| 19 |  Guinea | 354 | 1,541 | 2,789 |
| 20 |  Venezuela | 285 | 2,922 | 2,710 |
