Country ranking sets out gold and silver production ranked, from largest to smallest for 2023, with a change between 2022 and 2023 also highlighted. Early estimates of the forecast 2024 production figures are also shown under “2024(f)”. Broader global analyses can be found in the Data Analysis section.
Gold Production
China, the Russian Federation and Australia are the top tier producers of gold, although Chinese and Russian figures are largely based on unconfirmed estimates. Notable facts, mines, events or entities are also highlighted. The table can easily be downloaded or exported.
Note (1): Among the largest producers, Indonesia and Peru have been consistently producing more gold each of the last five years, while Australia and the United States have been decreasing production.
Silver Production
Mexico is consistently the largest producer of silver. Panama’s forecast production estimate for 2024 assumes that the Cobre Panama mine will not be in production.
Note (1): notable movers are Thailand (Chatree mine restart), Malaysia (Sokor mine) and Botswana (Khoemacau Copper Mining recently acquired by MMG).