Top 10 Gold Producing Countries: Where Do China, the U.S. and Canada Rank?

How much gold is the world digging up each year and what countries produce the most?

According to data released this month by the World Gold Council (WGC), global gold mine production in 2020 was…down slightly for the second year in a row after rising consecutively for the past few years.

At one time South Africa…was the global leader in gold output, digging up over 1,000 tonnes in 1970, but since then its volume has rapidly declined. Last year it slipped out of the list of top 10 gold producers altogether…Peru also disappeared [from the list], making room for Uzbekistan, while Brazil advanced a few spots. Ghana remains the only African country to appear in the top 10.

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