7. Welke landen hebben de grootste productie van goud?
Welke landen hebben de grootste goudmijnproductie? De US Geological Survey heeft een overzicht van de goudmijnproductie van vrijwel alle landen in de afgelopen jaren. In 2013 was China de grootste goudproducent met ene productie van 420 ton, op afstand gevolgd door Australië (255 ton), de Verenigde Staten (227 ton) en Rusland (220 ton).
| Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010e |
| Algeria | 377 | 236 | 656 | 1,01 | 740 |
| Argentina | 44,131 | 42,021 | 42,046 | 46,588 | 60 |
| Armenia | 1,3 | 1,3 | 1,359 | 944 | 2 |
| Australia | 247 | 247 | 215 | 224 | 261 |
| Azerbaijan | -- | -- | -- | 353 | 1,9 |
| Belize | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| Benin | 24 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Bolivia | 9,628 | 8,818 | 8,406 | 7,217 | 6,394 |
| Botswana | 2,8 | 2,8 | 3,3 | 2 | 2,4 |
| Brazil | 43,082 | 49,613 | 54,666 | 56,062 | 58 |
| Bulgaria | 3,818 | 3,964 | 4,16 | 4,482 | 3,5 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,571 | 2,25 | 7,633 | 13,5 | 25 |
| Burma | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Burundi | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 |
| Cameroon | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,6 | 1,6 |
| Canada | 103,513 | 102,211 | 95,004 | 97,367 | 91,024 |
| Central African Republic | 10 | 10 | 43 | 61 | 60 |
| Chad | 150 | 150 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Chile | 42,1 | 41,527 | 39,162 | 40,834 | 38,417 |
| China | 245 | 275 | 285 | 320 | 345 |
| Colombia | 15,683 | 15,482 | 34,321 | 47,837 | 53,605 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 10,3 | 5,1 | 3,3 | 3,5 | 3,5 |
| Costa Rica | 1,21 | 2,065 | 154 | 209 | 200 |
| Cote d-Ivoire | 1,324 | 1,243 | 2,836 | 6,647 | 5,8 |
| Denmark5 | 1,129 | 1,861 | 1,665 | 1,117 | 1,2 |
| Dominican Republic | -- | -- | 47 | 375 | 500 |
| Ecuador | 5,168 | 3,186 | 800 | 2,092 | 2 |
| Egypt | -- | -- | -- | 60 | 2,586 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Eritrea | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Ethiopia | 4,028 | 4,368 | 3,159 | 4,005 | 12 |
| Fiji | 1,961 | 837 | 871 | 1,04 | 1,856 |
| Finlande | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Francee | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 | 1,5 |
| French Guiana | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gabon | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ghana | 69,817 | 72,209 | 72,98 | 79,883 | 82 |
| Greece | -- | -- | 400 | 500 | 500 |
| Guatemala | 5,036 | 7,497 | 7,837 | 8,897 | 9 |
| Guinea | 16,922 | 15,628 | 19,945 | 18,091 | 15,217 |
| Guyana | 5,668 | 7,412 | 8,131 | 9,326 | 9,593 |
| Honduras | 4,1 | 3,275 | 2,561 | 2,127 | 2,2 |
| India | 2,4 | 3 | 2,7 | 2,8 | 2,7 |
| Indonesia | 93,176 | 117,851 | 64,39 | 130 | 120 |
| Iran | 200 | 252 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Italy | 200 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 |
| Japan | 8,904 | 8,869 | 6,868 | 7,708 | 7,5 |
| Kazakhstan | 21,824 | 22,564 | 20,825 | 22,525 | 29,941 |
| Kenya | 432 | 3,023 | 340 | 1,055 | 1,2 |
| Korea, North | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Korea, Republic of | 277 | 162 | 175 | 274 | 300 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10,721 | 10,559 | 18,132 | 16,95 | 18,3 |
| Laos | 6,068 | 5,137 | 4,333 | 5,033 | 5,061 |
| Liberia | 9 | 311 | 624 | 524 | 800 |
| Madagascar | 30 | 50 | 72 | 70 | 70 |
| Malaysia | 3,497 | 2,913 | 2,489 | 2,794 | 2,9 |
| Mali | 51,957 | 48,85 | 41,16 | 42,364 | 37 |
| Mauritania | 322 | 2,251 | 6,254 | 8 | 10 |
| Mexico | 38,961 | 39,355 | 50,365 | 51,393 | 72,596 |
| Mongolia | 22,561 | 17,473 | 15,184 | 9,803 | 6,037 |
| Morocco | 1,2 | 1,2 | 1,2 | 1,2 | 1,2 |
| Mozambique | 85 | 97 | 298 | 511 | 520 |
| Namibia | 2,79 | 2,496 | 2,126 | 2,022 | 2,675 |
| New Zealand | 10,618 | 10,638 | 13,402 | 13,442 | 13 |
| Nicaragua | 3,595 | 3,3 | 2,96 | 2,59 | 2,6 |
| Niger | 2,615 | 3,427 | 2,314 | 1,852 | 1,7 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 180 | 200 | 600 | 600 |
| Oman | 186 | 124 | 46 | 28 | -- |
| Panama | -- | -- | -- | 800 | 1,3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58,349 | 57,549 | 67,463 | 67,8 | 67,8 |
| Peru | 202,826 | 170,236 | 179,87 | 182,403 | 164,06 |
| Philippines | 36,141 | 38,792 | 35,726 | 37,047 | 40,847 |
| Poland | 500 | 450 | 430 | 440 | 425 |
| Romania | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| Russia | 159,34 | 156,975 | 172,031 | 192,832 | 192,034 |
| Rwanda | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,2 | 4,44 | 4,527 | 5,5 | 4,5 |
| Senegal | 600 | 600 | 600 | 4,535 | 4,88 |
| Serbia | 450 | 500 | 500 | 450 | 722 |
| Sierra Leone | 71 | 212 | 196 | 157 | 150 |
| Slovakia | 84 | 198 | 92 | 346 | 340 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| South Africa | 272,128 | 252,598 | 212,744 | 197,628 | 188,701 |
| Spain | 3,421 | 3,5 | 3,4 | 3,45 | 3,5 |
| Sudan | 3,158 | 2,703 | 2,276 | 1,922 | 4 |
| Suriname | 9,362 | 9,36 | 9,798 | 12,193 | 12,286 |
| Sweden | 5,1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan | 1,92 | 2 | 1,672 | 1,361 | 2,049 |
| Tanzania | 47 | 40,193 | 36,434 | 39,112 | 42 |
| Thailand | 4,3 | 3,401 | 2,721 | 5,4 | 5 |
| Turkey | 8,04 | 9,92 | 11,016 | 14,469 | 17 |
| Uganda | 1,6 | 1,6 | 1,5 | 1,6 | 1,6 |
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 164 | 185 | 171 |
| United States | 252 | 238 | 233 | 223 | 231 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2,82 | 2,182 | 2,18 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 85 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
| Venezuela | 11,6 | 10,1 | 10,1 | 11,88 | 12 |
| Vietnam | 2,5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3,5 |
| Zambia | 956 | 1,27 | 1,93 | 3,1 | 3,4 |
| Zimbabwe | 11,354 | 7,018 | 3,579 | 4,966 | 9 |
| Total | 2,370,000 | 2,350,000 | 2,280,000 | 2,460,000 | 2,560,000 |
