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TABLE 8
GOLD: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2--
(Kilograms, metal content)
 
Country3   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015e  
Afghanistan NA NA 30 50 40 4
Algeria 449 264 140 200 e 200
Argentina 59,140 54,651 50,650 59,700 r, e 64,000
Armenia 2,736 2,896 3,473 4,700 e 5,500
Australia 260,000 252,000 268,000 273,963 277,800 4
Azerbaijan 1,775 1,563 1,619 1,873 2,229 4
Bolivia 6,513 7,047 18,127 24,803 r 12,170 4
Botswana 1,562 1,096 1,205 r 958 r 756 4
Brazil 65,209 66,773 79,573 81,038 r 80,800
Bulgariae 5,300 7,060 7,390 7,900 r 7,300
Burkina Faso5 31,774 28,939 32,714 36,075 r 36,210 4
Burma NA 787 893 1,315 r 1,692 4
Burundie 400 r 500 r 400 500 r 500
Cameroone 1,600 1,500 1,600 1,500 1,500
Canada 102,624 107,498 124,054 151,472 r 152,747 p, 4
Central African Republice, 6 53 r, 4 55 r, 4 60 60 60
Chile 45,137 49,936 51,309 46,031 42,501 4
Chinae 362,000 405,000 430,000 450,000 450,000
Colombia 55,908 66,178 55,745 57,015 59,202 4
Congo (Brazzaville)e 150 150 150 150 150
Congo (Kinshasa)e-- 12,000 r 14,000 17,000 31,000 r 37,000
Costa Ricae 500 400 400 400 400
C-te d-Ivoire 11,009 10,943 12,949 17,318 26,000
Denmark7 103 307 100 -- --
Dominican Republic 495 4,106 26,083 35,081 30,816 4
Ecuador 4,923 5,139 8,676 7,323 7,112 4
Egypt 6,304 8,175 11,101 11,734 13,700 4
Eritrea 11,788 9,735 3,008 r 905 r 1,390
Ethiopia8 10,891 12,311 12,581 11,600 r 9,200
Fiji 1,622 1,653 1,240 1,160 1,360
Finland 8,461 10,814 9,981 8,700 r 9,300
French Guianae 1,130 1,460 1,600 1,600 1,200
Gabon -- 666 r 1,136 1,012 r 1,244 4
Georgiae 7,000 3,900 4 4,300 4 3,600 r 3,600
Ghana 82,598 86,972 89,224 90,754 88,000
Greecee 500 600 1,400 800 500
Guatemala 11,898 6,473 6,386 5,928 5,600
Guinea- 15,695 14,790 14,147 16,955 17,000
Guyana- 11,293 13,643 14,964 12,053 14,029 4
Honduras 1,893 1,858 1,985 2,762 2,598 4
India9 2,245 1,740 1,570 1,600 e 1,400
Indonesia10 77,722 69,291 59,804 69,100 e 96,700
Irane, 11 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,000 3,000
Italye 450 -- -- -- --
Japan 8,691 7,233 7,411 7,115 7,700
Kazakhstan 36,846 39,903 42,552 50,339 r 63,614 4
Kenya 1,636 3,600 2,100 200 r 300 4
Korea, Republic of 209 336 413 267 300
Kyrgyzstane 18,647 4 10,333 4 19,000 18,000 17,000
Laos 3,984 6,414 6,838 5,265 6,893 4
Liberia 448 641 587 r 620 r 883 4
Madagascar12 1 157 -- r -- r --
Malaysia 4,219 4,625 3,822 4,308 r 4,732 4
Mali 35,728 40,132 41,392 39,724 41,186 4
Mauritania   8,172   7,652   9,517   9,600 e 8,800  
See footnotes at end of the table.
TABLE 8-Continued
GOLD: WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Kilograms, metal content)
 
Country3   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015e  
Mexico 88,648 102,802 119,773 117,717 134,759 4
Mongolia 5,703 5,995 7,244 11,504 r 14,556 4
Moroccoe 520 4 519 r, 4 550 500 500
Mozambique 111 178 198 197 r 250
Namibia 2,053 2,302 1,960 2,377 r 6,105 4
New Zealand 11,761 10,164 12,468 13,500 r, e 11,600
Nicaragua 6,395 6,981 8,611 8,648 8,200
Niger 1,934 1,662 1,150 732 1,209 4
Nigeria 2,782 r 4,303 r 6,261 r 7,100 r, e 7,700
Panama 1,675 2,115 2,141 12 --
Papua New Guinea 62,200 59,100 54,092 57,939 r 60,046 4
Peru13 166,187 161,544 151,486 140,097 r 145,031 4
Philippines 31,120 14,596 17,248 18,423 20,643 4
Poland 704 916 1,066 2,575 2,703 4
Russia 199,642 217,800 229,982 249,100 r 252,000
Rwanda -- r -- r -- r 160 r, e 319 4
Saudi Arabia 4,612 4,286 4,158 4,789 5,100
Senegal 4,089 6,666 6,445 6,588 5,670 4
Serbia 1,032 900 866 1,310 628 4
Sierra Leone 164 135 98 43 40
Slovakia 398 546 533 582 600
Solomon Islands 1,641 r 2,180 1,886 r 1,403 r --
South Africa 180,293 155,286 r 160,016 r 151,622 r 144,515 4
Spaine 529 r, 4 1,529 4 1,870 2,100 r 1,800
Sudane 23,379 14 46,133 14 70,000 73,300 82,400
Suriname 32,308 33,474 34,213 33,000 e 30,000
Sweden 5,935 6,015 6,530 6,849 4,500
Tajikistan 2,240 2,401 3,000 3,477 3,500
Tanzania- 42,300 40,650 42,534 40,481 45,777 4
Thailand 2,860 4,895 4,419 4,514 r 3,305 4
Togo15 16,469 18,551 21,086 20,585 15,568 4
Turkey 24,400 29,390 33,980 32,000 r 25,000
Uganda 1 4 r 5 r 20 r 4 4
United Kingdom 202 102 42 -- --
United States 234,000 235,000 230,000 r 210,000 214,000 4
Uruguay16 1,736 1,725 2,022 1,889 1,664 4
Uzbekistane-- 91,000 93,000 98,000 100,000 102,000
Venezuela 4,608 1,981 1,691 1,500 e 1,500
Vietname 1,330 600 r 1,870 r 164 r --
Zambiae 3,800 4,500 5,400 5,000 4,500
Zimbabwe 12,824   14,742   14,065   14,500 e 20,000  
Total   2,680,000   2,750,000   2,920,000   3,020,000 r 3,100,000  
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. NA Not available. -- Zero.
1Totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes data available through August 22, 2017.
3In addition to the countries listed, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, Cuba, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Macedonia, Malawi, North Korea,-
Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, and South Sudan may have produced gold (either as undocumented artisanal or byproduct production),-
but available information was inadequate to make reliable estimates of outputs.-
4Reported figure.
5Does not include artisanal or byproduct production.
6Production from artisanal mining.
7All production from Greenland.
8Data are for fiscal year ending on July 7 of that stated.
9Refinery output.
10Does not include production from so-called people-s mines, which may be as much as 20,000 kilograms per year, but includes gold recovered-
as byproduct of copper mining.
11Includes gold recovered from the Mouteh gold mine and from the Sarcheshmeh copper complex.
12Does not include smuggled artisanal production, which is estimated to be from 1,000 to 2,000 kilograms per year.
13Includes documented production from placer artisanal production.
14Reported exports.
15Data reported by the Government of Togo as exports predominately include artisanal gold mine production transiting Togo from neighboring
countries and to a lesser extent, domestic artisanal mine production. Data may include gold from other artisanal sources.
16Data are for fiscal year ending on March 31 of that stated.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices

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