List of countries by gold production

2012 world gold output (in kilograms)

Trends in five of the top seven gold-producing countries

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
—	Other countries	780	23.6	9,200	14.4
1	China	380	11.5	3,100	4.8
2	Russia	310	9.4	12,000	18.8
3	Australia	290	8.8	12,000	18.8
4	Canada	200	6.1	3,200	5.0
5	United States	160	4.8	3,000	4.7
=6	Kazakhstan	130	3.9	2,300	3.6
	Mexico			1,400	2.2
	Ghana			1,000	1.6
9	Uzbekistan	120	3.6	1,800	2.8
=10	South Africa	100	3.0	5,000	7.8
	Indonesia			3,600	5.6
	Peru			2,500	3.9
=13	Brazil	70	2.1	2,400	3.8
	Mali			800	1.3
=15	Colombia	60	1.8	700	1.1
	Tanzania			400	0.6
	Burkina Faso			—	—

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

• Largest gold companies

References

1. "Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries. January 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
2. "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Gold" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
3. "South African production: important but no longer globally significant". World Gold Council. 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2020-09-28.