Based on a comparison of 163 countries in 2013, Lebanon ranked the highest in gold from the FX reserves as a share of GDP with 23.7% followed by Libya and Portugal. On the other end of the scale was Cameroon with 0%, Jamaica with 0% and Botswana with 0%.
Data for more countries are available at Foreign Exchange Reserves, Gold (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Foreign Exchange Reserves, Gold (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.94% | 6.34% | 6.45% | 6.02% | ||
| Algeria | % | 3.45% | 2.84% | 4.43% | 4.87% | 4.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Angola | % | 7.13% | 5.48% | 8.64% | 9.36% | 7.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | % | 5.75% | 4.72% | 5.67% | 8.07% | 8.63% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 2.40% | 2.05% | 2.68% | 3.58% | 3.42% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 3.86% | 3.36% | 4.18% | 5.00% | 4.78% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 2.62% | 2.38% | 3.16% | 4.16% | 4.18% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.67% | 2.55% | 3.50% | 4.52% | 4.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 2.97% | 2.85% | 3.90% | 5.18% | 5.26% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 3.68% | 4.17% | 4.83% | 5.35% | 4.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | % | 31.0% | 27.5% | 28.3% | 33.7% | 35.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 5.70% | 5.44% | 9.90% | 9.42% | 17.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 4.26% | 4.06% | 5.47% | 7.25% | 7.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 6.39% | 5.25% | 6.71% | 8.06% | 7.32% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 4.11% | 3.25% | 4.70% | 5.19% | 5.11% |
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