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.

Ranking

All production figures refer to primary mine production only (i.e., newly mined gold), excluding recycled gold.

2024 Rank	Country	Gold production (tonnes)	% of total	Reserves (tonnes)	% of total
—	World	3,300	100.0	64,000	100.0
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	Ghana	130	3.9	1,000	1.6
7	Mexico	130	3.9	1,400	2.2
8	Kazakhstan	130	3.9	2,300	3.6
9	Uzbekistan	120	3.6	1,800	2.8
10	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.

See also

• Largest gold companies