Editing Gold (section)

=== 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 |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 || −30.1 || 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="Soos-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/2014/02/18/its-official-china-overtakes-india-as-top-consumer-of-gold.html |title=It's official: China overtakes India as top consumer of gold |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>