Which central banks added gold in January 2026

Central banks that added to or reduced their reported gold holdings in January 2026, among the 26 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)+1.24 t2,307.57 t as of 2,306.32 t as of
MaltaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB+0.03 t0.40 t as of 0.37 t as of

Reduced reported holdings

No country reduced reported holdings in January 2026 among the 26 countries we currently track.

Unchanged

CountryChangeReported holdingsPrevious month
AustriaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t280.02 t as of 280.02 t as of
BelgiumSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t227.40 t as of 227.40 t as of
CroatiaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t0.00 t as of 0.00 t as of
CyprusSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t13.87 t as of 13.87 t as of
EstoniaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t0.25 t as of 0.25 t as of
FinlandSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t43.76 t as of 43.76 t as of
FranceSource: Banque de France0.00 t2,434.31 t as of 2,434.31 t as of
GermanySource: Deutsche Bundesbank0.00 t3,350.28 t as of 3,350.28 t as of
GreeceSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t114.71 t as of 114.71 t as of
IrelandSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t12.04 t as of 12.04 t as of
ItalySource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t2,451.86 t as of 2,451.86 t as of
LatviaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t6.66 t as of 6.66 t as of
LithuaniaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t5.82 t as of 5.82 t as of
LuxembourgSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t2.24 t as of 2.24 t as of
NetherlandsSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t612.46 t as of 612.46 t as of
PortugalSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t382.67 t as of 382.67 t as of
SlovakiaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t31.69 t as of 31.69 t as of
SloveniaSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t4.23 t as of 4.23 t as of
SpainSource: European Central Bank and ESCB0.00 t281.58 t as of 281.58 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.

  • Brazil: $27,843.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Banco Central do Brasil
  • Kazakhstan: $55,335.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: National Bank of Kazakhstan
  • Russia: $402,706.00 million as of . Value only: no tonnes are reported, so the direction of change is unknown. Source: Bank of Russia

No report for January 2026

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

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