Which central banks added gold in May 2025

Central banks that added to or reduced their reported gold holdings in May 2025, among the 45 countries we currently track. Each country is compared with its own report for the previous month, as stored in Bullion API’s scheduled cache. Cached, not live.

Stock changes reflect reported holdings and can include revaluations, revisions or reclassification; they are not purchase records.

Figures show each report’s own as-of date and cover only the countries we track, not global totals.

Added to reported holdings

CountryChangeReported holdingsPrevious month
ChinaSource: State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)+1.87 t2,296.37 t as of 2,294.50 t as of

Reduced reported holdings

CountryChangeReported holdingsPrevious month
GermanySource: Deutsche Bundesbank-0.84 t3,350.28 t as of 3,351.12 t as of

Unchanged

CountryChangeReported holdingsPrevious month
AustriaSource: Oesterreichische Nationalbank0.00 t279.99 t as of 279.99 t as of
FranceSource: Banque de France0.00 t2,434.19 t as of 2,434.19 t as of
IndiaSource: Reserve Bank of India0.00 t879.58 t as of 879.58 t as of
JapanSource: Ministry of Finance Japan0.00 t846.01 t as of 846.01 t as of
SpainSource: Banco de España0.00 t281.60 t as of 281.60 t as of
SwitzerlandSource: Swiss National Bank0.00 t1,039.94 t as of 1,039.94 t as of

Direction of change unknown

These sources report a value rather than tonnes, or a quantity we do not compare between months. We never derive tonnes to fill the gap.

  • Belgium: €21,208.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: National Bank of Belgium
  • Brazil: $13,713.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Banco Central do Brasil
  • Bulgaria: 40.75 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Canada: $0.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Bank of Canada
  • Croatia: 0.00 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Cyprus: 13.87 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Estonia: 0.25 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Finland: 43.76 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Greece: 114.65 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Hungary: 109.98 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Ireland: 12.04 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Italy: 2,451.86 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Kazakhstan: $31,637.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: National Bank of Kazakhstan
  • Latvia: 6.66 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Lithuania: 5.82 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Luxembourg: 2.24 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Malta: 0.28 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Netherlands: 612.46 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Pakistan: $6,823.49 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: State Bank of Pakistan
  • Philippines: $13,725.30 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
  • Poland: $54,583.90 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Narodowy Bank Polski
  • Portugal: €35,687.80 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Banco de Portugal
  • Romania: 103.64 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Russia: $248,211.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Bank of Russia
  • Singapore: SGD 507,964.60 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Monetary Authority of Singapore
  • Slovakia: 31.69 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Slovenia: 3.73 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • Sweden: 125.72 t as of . The reported quantity is not treated as comparable between months, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: European Central Bank and ESCB
  • United Kingdom: $32,737.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Bank of England

No report for May 2025

We have no cached report for this month for these countries.

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