plate 003 · Economy · end-2025 data
Central banks now hold more gold than Treasuries or euros
Share of global official reserves at end-2025 (bar) and end-2024 (marker).
27%
Gold made up 27% of the world's official reserves at end-2025, up from 20% a year earlier. Treasuries fell from 25% to 22%.
1,000+ tonnes
Central banks bought over 1,000 t of gold a year in 2022, 2023 and 2024, twice the 2010–21 average.
From sellers to buyers
In the 2000s central banks sold 4,426 t of gold. They have been net buyers every year since 2010.
Source
ECB, The international role of the euro (June 2026); World Gold Council, Gold Demand Trends ·Data end-2025 ·Fact
the numbers
| end-2025 (%) | end-2024 (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 27 | 20 |
| US Treasuries | 22 | 25 |
| Euro | 15 | 15 |
source notes & method
Reserve shares at market prices as reported by Reuters from the ECB report; the ECB report itself could not be accessed directly. Corrected 3 Nov 2026: title shortened to 10 words or fewer; no change to the data.
Published 16 Sep 2026
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