Geography

Top 10 Largest Gold Reserves by Country

List Description:


We wanted to see which countries actually have the most gold in their reserves, based on information from the World Gold Council in August 2011.


Rank


 

1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8


9


10

Country



United States


Germany


Italy


France


China


Switzerland


Russia


Japan


Netherlands


India

Tonnes of Gold



8133.5


3401


2451.8


2435.4


1054.1


1041.1


836.7


765.2


612.5


557.7

% of Total Reserves


74.2


71.4


71.2


66.2


1.6


17.8


7.7


3.3


58.9


8.7

Suggested Scoring:



1 point


1 point


1 point


Naming a correct country (take it in turns to guess)


Nearest to the weight in tonnes (start with the person who named the country)


Nearest to the percentage of total reserves (start with person who got the point for closest in tonnes)


MOST POINTS WINS!

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Source:


http://www.futuresmag.com