After more than doubling since the start of 2025, gold prices surged another 27% in the first month of 2026 alone.
With gold now trading above $5,500 per ounce, central bank gold reserves are worth far more than at any point in the past several decades.
This visualization highlights how much the world’s largest gold holders now control in dollar terms. The data for this visualization comes from the World Gold Counc
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