Gold Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Consumption === {{update|date=May 2022}} {| style=" text-align:right;float:right" class="wikitable sortable" |+ Gold jewelry consumption by country (in tonnes)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Gold-jewellery-consumption-by-country-2011-02-28T130619Z-FACTBOX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112003914/http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Gold-jewellery-consumption-by-country-2011-02-28T130619Z-FACTBOX |archive-date=12 January 2012 |title=Gold jewellery consumption by country |date=28 February 2011 |agency=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gold.org/investment/research/regular_reports/gold_demand_trends/ |title=Gold Demand Trends | Investment | World Gold Council |publisher=Gold.org |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gold.org/investment/research/regular_reports/gold_demand_trends/ |title=Gold Demand Trends |date=12 November 2015}}</ref> |- ! Country !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 |- | align=left|{{flag|India}} || 442.37 || 745.70 || 986.3 || 864 || 974 |- | align=left|{{flag|China}} || 376.96 || 428.00 || 921.5 || 817.5 || 1120.1 |- | align=left|{{flag|United States}} || 150.28 || 128.61 || 199.5 || 161 || 190 |- | align=left|{{flag|Turkey}} || 75.16 || 74.07 || 143 || 118 || 175.2 |- | align=left|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 77.75 || 72.95 || 69.1 ||58.5 || 72.2 |- | align=left|{{flag|Russia}} || 60.12 || 67.50 || 76.7 || 81.9 || 73.3 |- | align=left|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 67.60 || 63.37 || 60.9 ||58.1 || 77.1 |- | align=left|{{flag|Egypt}} || 56.68 || 53.43 || 36 ||47.8 || 57.3 |- | align=left|{{flag|Indonesia}} || 41.00 || 32.75 || 55 || 52.3 || 68 |- | align=left|{{flag|United Kingdom}} || 31.75 || 27.35 || 22.6 || 21.1 || 23.4 |- | align=left|Other Persian Gulf Countries || 24.10 || 21.97 || 22 || 19.9 || 24.6 |- | align=left|{{flag|Japan}} || 21.85 || 18.50 || β30.1 || 7.6 || 21.3 |- | align=left|{{flag|South Korea}} || 18.83 || 15.87 || 15.5 ||12.1 || 17.5 |- | align=left|{{flag|Vietnam}} || 15.08 || 14.36 || 100.8 || 77 || 92.2 |- | align=left|{{flag|Thailand}} || 7.33 || 6.28 || 107.4 || 80.9 || 140.1 |- | align=left|'''Total''' || '''1466.86''' || '''1770.71''' || '''2786.12 ''' || '''2477.7''' || '''3126.1 ''' |- | align=left|''Other Countries'' || ''251.6'' || ''254.0'' || ''390.4'' || ''393.5'' || ''450.7'' |- | align=left|'''World Total''' || '''1718.46''' || '''2024.71''' || '''3176.52'''|| '''2871.2''' || '''3576.8''' |} The consumption of gold produced in the world is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in investments, and 10% in industry.<ref name="oil-price.com-worlds-gold-consumption 2011" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usdebtclock.org/gold-demand-by-country.html |title=Country wise gold demand |access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> According to the [[World Gold Council]], China was the world's largest single consumer of gold in 2013, overtaking India.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harjani |first=Ansuya |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/101422278# |title=It's official: China overtakes India as top consumer of gold |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page