List of countries by gold production - wikipedia List of countries by gold production 2012 World gold output ( in kilograms ) Trends in the top five gold - producing countries This is a list of countries by gold production in 2017. For many years until 2006, South Africa was the world 's dominant gold producer, but recently other countries have surpassed South Africa : China, Russia, Canada, the United States, Peru and Australia. Albeit, none of these countries have approached South Africa 's peak production which occurred in the apartheid - era 1970s. Note the figures are for primary production. In the US, for example, for the years 2010 - 14, new and old scrap exceeded both primary production and reported domestic consumption. Rank Country Gold production ( metric tons ) Reserves ( metric tons ) China 440 2,000 Australia 300 9,800 Russia 255 5,500 United States 245 3,000 Canada 180 2,200 6 Peru 155 2,300 7 South Africa 145 6,000 8 Mexico 110 1,400 9 Uzbekistan 100 1,800 10 Brazil 85 2,400 11 Indonesia 80 2,500 11 Ghana 80 1,000 13 Papua New Guinea 60 1,300 Rest of the world 845 12,000 World ( rounded ) 3,150 54,000 References Jump up ^ `` Where Have All the Gold Mines Gone ? '' ^ Jump up to : `` U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries '' ( PDF ). USGS. 2017. Retrieved 2018 - 08 - 13. Lists of countries by industrial output rankings Metallurgy Aluminium Al O Bauxite Bismuth Copper smelter Gold Iron ore Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury Palladium Platinum Silver Steel Tin Titanium Uranium reserves Zinc Mineral Antimony Bentonite Feldspar Fluorite Silicon Salt Emissions CO per capita GDP per Greenhouse gas per capita Others Manufacturing Cement Motor vehicles Paper Refrigerators Washing machines List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_gold_production&oldid=865488176 '' Categories : Gold mining Lists of countries by mineral production Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Português Slovenščina Svenska தமிழ் اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 24 October 2018, at 07 : 57 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: which country is the largest producer of gold
Answer: China