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Where the world’s gold comes from

China, Russia and Australia lead the picture. Explore the world’s major gold producers in an original, high-definition atlas.

Canvas of Knowledge · 13 November 2026 · 1 min read

THE GOLD ATLASDATA EDITION / 2025 ESTIMATES

THE GEOGRAPHY OF A PRECIOUS METAL

Where the world’s
gold comes from.

China leads. Russia follows. Australia completes the top three.
Explore the countries behind the metal, one tonne at a time.

WORLD MINE PRODUCTION3,300t

USGS estimate for 2025
1 tonne = 1,000 kilograms

01 / CHINA380t11.5% of world estimate

02 / RUSSIA310t9.4% of world estimate

03 / AUSTRALIA280t8.5% of world estimate

TOGETHER, THE TOP THREE29.4%

970 tonnes of the world estimate

Named producers Other countries

RANK 01 / 2025 ESTIMATE

China

380 t11.5% of world estimate

70 tonnes ahead of Russia in this dataset.

Choose a country in the ranking to explore its production. On larger screens, you can also select a highlighted country on the map. Highlighting shows the countries listed separately by USGS; other countries also produce gold. Map boundaries are illustrative.

THE RANKING2025 · estimated mine output

Equal values share a rank. The list covers the 13 countries named separately in the USGS table.

Sources, definitions & rounding

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Gold chapter ↗. Values are estimates of 2025 mine production in metric tonnes of gold content, not ore, refinery output, exports or central-bank holdings.

World shares divide each country’s estimate by the same rounded USGS world total of 3,300 tonnes. The 13 named rows sum to 2,250 tonnes; USGS reports “Other countries” as 1,000 tonnes. These independently rounded values do not sum exactly to the rounded world total. We preserve the source values rather than invent a balancing adjustment.

Outlines: Natural Earth, public domain ↗; Equal Earth projection, Antarctica omitted. Map markers locate countries, not individual mines. Standalone country shapes are individually fitted and are not to a common scale. Data checked 13 November 2026.

Download the source table · CSV ↓

MADE TO EXPLORE. MADE TO KEEP.

The high-definition collection.

Two original infographics. Crisp vector artwork and 4,800-pixel-wide downloads.

THE GOLD ATLAS / 01

Where the world’s gold comes from

The world map, all 13 named producers, and a ranked comparison in one detailed poster.

Download UHD PNG ↓Scalable SVG ↓

4,800 × 7,200 px PNG · Source and year included

THE GOLD ATLAS / 02

Three countries. 970 tonnes.

A closer look at China, Russia and Australia, with country silhouettes and a common production scale.

Download UHD PNG ↓Scalable SVG ↓

4,800 × 6,400 px PNG · Source and year included

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01

Read the ranking

USGS estimates China at 380 tonnes, Russia at 310 and Australia at 280 for 2025. Together, these three produced 970 tonnes: about 29.4% of the rounded 3,300-tonne world estimate. The atlas ranks the 13 countries separately listed by USGS; equal reported values share a rank.

02

Know what is being measured

These figures measure mined gold content. They do not measure the weight of ore, refinery throughput, gold exports or central-bank holdings. One metric tonne is 1,000 kilograms. Annual output is a flow; accumulated holdings are a stock.

03

Keep one dataset together

Shares use the same USGS world estimate throughout. Country values and the global total are rounded independently, so the source rows do not add perfectly. Other organisations may publish different estimates; mixing their totals with these country figures would change the meaning of the shares.

04

Explore and keep the picture

Choose a country in the ranking to explore its production. On larger screens, you can also select a highlighted country on the map. Switch between tonnes and world share, or compare the leading three. The downloads preserve the data year, definitions and sources: a 4,800-pixel-wide PNG for sharing and a scalable SVG for sharp enlargement.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

Sources & further reading

Sources checked 13 November 2026. These organisations provide reference material and do not endorse this website.