Official World Gold Holdings: August 2000

1. United States813855.8

2. Germany346934

3. IMF3217n/a

4. France302539.5

5. Switzerland253842.6

6. Italy245246.9

7. Netherlands91247.4

8. Japan7541.9

9. ECB74714.2

10. Portugal60739.3

11. U.K.53911.9

12. Spain52312.4

13. Taiwan4223.2

14. Austria40719.9

15. China3952.1

16. India3588.3

17. Russia34314.7

18. Venezuela32018.9

19. Lebanon28727.0

20. Belgium25819.3

21. Philippines21012

22. BIS203n/a

23. Sweden18410.1

24. Algeria17416.7

25. Libya14416.1

26. Saudi Arabia1437

27. Greece1327.3

28. Singapore1271.5

29. South Africa12414.4

30. Turkey1164

31. Romania10424.8

32. Poland1033.5

33. Indonesia962.9

34. Australia804.2

35. Kuwait7910.9

36. Egypt764.6

37. Thailand742

38. Denmark673.5

39. Pakistan6529.2

40. Uruguay5718.8

41. Kazakhstan5627.4

42. Brazil541.7

43. Finland495.3

44. Slovak Rep.408.1

45. Canada391.1

46. Norway371.6

47. Malaysia360.9

48. Peru343.2

49. Bulgaria328.6

50. Bolivia2923.9

51. Syria26n/a

52. Morocco223.8

53. El Salvador156.2

54. Cyprus146.3

55. Czech Rep.140.9

56. South Korea140.1

57. Ukraine1412.9

58. Zimbabwe1335.9

59. Ecuador139.3

60. Jordan123.2

61. Argentina100.4

62. Colombia101.1

63. Mexico90.2

64. Oman913.6

65. Ghana916.3

66. Latvia87.6

67. Myanmar718.2

68. Tunisia73.8

69. Guatemala73.5

70. Lithuania63.6

71. Ireland50.9

72. Nepal54.2

73. Bahrain52.7

74. Albania48.1

75. Macedonia35.5

76. Bangldesh31.8

77. Hungary30.3

78. Aruba311

79. Kygyz Rep.38.2

80. Luxembourg221.3

81. Chile20.1

82. Hong Kong2n/a

83. New Guinea2n/a

84. Sri Lanka21.2

85. Mauritius22.4

86. Iceland23.8

87. Armenia13.7

88. Paraguay11

89. Honduras10.4

90. Qatar1n/a

Gold’s % of reserves

Gold’s % of reserves

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The figures in this table are from the World Gold Council and are based on a gold price of US$275 per oz. For a full explanation of how these figures were calculated, visit the web site at www.gold.org