Top 10 countries with most gold reserves 2024: Did you know that the United States of America has almost 10 times the amount of gold reserves as India? The US also has 3.5 times the gold reserves of China! So which country has the highest gold reserves? How much gold reserves does India have? RBI has been aggressively purchasing gold and India has actually moved up the ranks! Which countries have the highest gold reserves in the world as of 2024? We take a look at the latest World Gold Council data: (It’s important to note that till last quarter, that is till Q2 of 2024, WGC was reporting gold reserves data for Russia, which ranked 5th then. However, from Q3 data for Russia is not available on WGC)
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