List of countries by gold production


This is a list of countries by gold production in 2018.
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.
Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources exceeded primary production.
2018
Rank		CountryGold production
Reserves
1 China 4042,000
2 Australia 3199,800
3 Russia 2975,300
4 United States 2223,000
5 Canada 1892,200
6 Peru 1582,600
7 Indonesia 1372,500
8 Ghana1301,000
9 South Africa 1306,000
10 Mexico 1151,400
11 Brazil 972,400
12 Uzbekistan 921,800
13771,550
14 Papua New Guinea 691,300
15681,000
Rest of the world 1,00112,000
World 3,50354,000