List of countries by gold production

2006 Statistics

Gold output.

This is a list of countries by production of gold in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in July 2008. Volumes and world percentage share have changed dramatically over the last twenty years.

Rank	Country/Region	Gold production (kilograms)
	World	2,310,000
1	China	360,960
2	South Africa	272,128
3	Australia	247,000
4	United States	242,000
5	Peru	203,268
6	Russia	159,340
7	Canada	104,198
8	Mali	85,411
9	Uzbekistan	84,000
10	Ghana	66,205
11	Indonesia	58,773
12	Papua New Guinea	58,349
13	Argentina	44,131
14	Chile	42,100
15	Brazil	40,075
16	Tanzania	39,750
17	Philippines	36,098
18	Mexico	35,899
19	Mongolia	22,561
20	Guinea	16,336
21	Colombia	15,683
22	Venezuela	14,860
23	Zimbabwe	11,354
24	Kyrgyzstan	10,721
25	New Zealand	10,618
26	Suriname	10,426
27	Kazakhstan	10,000
28	Bolivia	9,628
29	Japan	8,904
30	Sweden	6,848
31	Guyana	6,405
32	Niger	5,500
33	Laos	5,397
34	Ecuador	5,280
35	Saudi Arabia	5,192
36	Guatemala	5,036
37	Sudan	4,500
38	Burundi	4,313
39	Honduras	4,055
40	Ethiopia	3,828
41	Bulgaria	3,818
42	Malaysia	3,497
43	Thailand	3,470
44	Nicaragua	3,395
45	Botswana	3,020
46	Vietnam	3,000
47	Denmark	2,800
48	Uruguay	2,800
49	Namibia	2,790
50	Costa Rica	2,500
51	India	2,362
52	Turkey	2,205
53	French Guiana	2,000
54	Tajikistan	1,920
55	Romania	1,878
56	Poland	1,700
57	Georgia	1,600
58	Ivory Coast	1,600
59	Burkina Faso	1,571
60	Spain	1,565
61	Armenia	1,500
62	Morocco	1,500
63	Uganda	1,500
64	Fiji	1,403
65	Finland	1,300
66	Iran	850
67	Cameroon	600
68	Senegal	600
69	Cuba	500
70	Kenya	432
71	Algeria	377
72	Serbia	330
73	Gabon	300
74	South Korea	277
75	Zambia	180
76	Burma	100
77	DR Congo	100
78	Slovakia	84

External links

• British Geological Survey complete list archive
• Change in world production (Article)
• Report for 2010