Financial gold is defined as the sum of official sector holdings, bars and coins, and ETPs (including gold-backed exchange traded funds and similar products).
Gold is a bright, soft and ductile precious metal that humans have used for jewelry and as a currency since antiquity. The total global market volume of gold used as jewelry worldwide amounted to * metric tons as of 2019.
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World Gold Council. (February 12, 2019). Market volume of gold worldwide in 2018 by sector (in metric tons) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1126411/global-market-size-of-gold-by-sector/
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